diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
index 2e7419a6119181b29538720114e59b74bf15c578..5041d10bae9d9611c280ad50b17068349e9decd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/at91_ether.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,6 @@ static int at91ether_resume(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #endif
 
 static struct platform_driver at91ether_driver = {
-	.probe		= at91ether_probe,
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(at91ether_remove),
 	.suspend	= at91ether_suspend,
 	.resume		= at91ether_resume,
@@ -1240,7 +1239,7 @@ static struct platform_driver at91ether_driver = {
 
 static int __init at91ether_init(void)
 {
-	return platform_driver_register(&at91ether_driver);
+	return platform_driver_probe(&at91ether_driver, at91ether_probe);
 }
 
 static void __exit at91ether_exit(void)