diff --git a/drivers/net/ns83820.c b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
index 46b0772489e4d92b6298c6fcfdb51b95b8ac7c40..42021aca1ddd038801cf3deefbe01950f1003ddc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ns83820.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ns83820.c
@@ -1957,6 +1957,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_set_multicast_list = ns83820_set_multicast,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 	.ndo_tx_timeout		= ns83820_tx_timeout,
+#ifdef NS83820_VLAN_ACCEL_SUPPORT
+	.ndo_vlan_rx_register	= ns83820_vlan_rx_register,
+#endif
 };
 
 static int __devinit ns83820_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
@@ -2216,7 +2219,6 @@ static int __devinit ns83820_init_one(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 #ifdef NS83820_VLAN_ACCEL_SUPPORT
 	/* We also support hardware vlan acceleration */
 	ndev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX;
-	ndev->vlan_rx_register = ns83820_vlan_rx_register;
 #endif
 
 	if (using_dac) {