diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 25883ca6304ea9545a114f77d2bde9fa6c09661a..566865fd1237f0b44d4b55a4c491323a58a12f18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ static int ring_size = 128;
 module_param(ring_size, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (# of pages)");
 
-/* The one and only one */
-static struct  netvsc_driver netvsc_drv;
-
 /* no-op so the netdev core doesn't return -EINVAL when modifying the the
  * multicast address list in SIOCADDMULTI. hv is setup to get all multicast
  * when it calls RndisFilterOnOpen() */
@@ -442,6 +439,9 @@ static int netvsc_drv_exit_cb(struct device *dev, void *data)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* The one and only one */
+static struct  netvsc_driver netvsc_drv;
+
 static void netvsc_drv_exit(void)
 {
 	struct hv_driver *drv = &netvsc_drv.base;