diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 7f414815cc624ac1f1ef1fec5f2ebfde6cd4fea7..eba9083da14608e3b2c85dea4fedcd44bac0b139 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int full_duplex[MAX_UNITS] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
 /* These identify the driver base version and may not be removed. */
-static char version[] __devinitdata =
+static char version[] =
 KERN_INFO DRV_NAME ".c:v" DRV_VERSION " (2.4 port) " DRV_RELDATE "  Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>\n"
 KERN_INFO "  http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html\n";