diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 0bd2a4ff08428dfae19de45d8f808a91f8ca384e..ca837b0a889ba9ef031d094e0c3375f6cb82d9e4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -1016,18 +1016,22 @@ static void ipoib_lro_setup(struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv)
 	priv->lro.lro_mgr.ip_summed_aggr = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 }
 
+static const struct net_device_ops ipoib_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open		 = ipoib_open,
+	.ndo_stop		 = ipoib_stop,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		 = ipoib_change_mtu,
+	.ndo_start_xmit	 	 = ipoib_start_xmit,
+	.ndo_tx_timeout		 = ipoib_timeout,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list	 = ipoib_set_mcast_list,
+	.ndo_neigh_setup	 = ipoib_neigh_setup_dev,
+};
+
 static void ipoib_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	dev->open		 = ipoib_open;
-	dev->stop		 = ipoib_stop;
-	dev->change_mtu		 = ipoib_change_mtu;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit	 = ipoib_start_xmit;
-	dev->tx_timeout		 = ipoib_timeout;
+	dev->netdev_ops		 = &ipoib_netdev_ops;
 	dev->header_ops		 = &ipoib_header_ops;
-	dev->set_multicast_list	 = ipoib_set_mcast_list;
-	dev->neigh_setup	 = ipoib_neigh_setup_dev;
 
 	ipoib_set_ethtool_ops(dev);