diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c b/drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c
index 7aaf9692b334f4f6d9c6ab3cce1780f880140e57..5739bf6f7200923afd280219572987a0d9b8f104 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
 
 /* function prototypes */
 static int  omninet_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port);
-static void omninet_close(struct usb_serial_port *port);
-static void omninet_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
+static void omninet_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb);
 static void omninet_write_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb);
 static int  omninet_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port,
 				const unsigned char *buf, int count);
@@ -61,11 +60,10 @@ static struct usb_serial_driver zyxel_omninet_device = {
 	.port_probe =		omninet_port_probe,
 	.port_remove =		omninet_port_remove,
 	.open =			omninet_open,
-	.close =		omninet_close,
 	.write =		omninet_write,
 	.write_room =		omninet_write_room,
-	.read_bulk_callback =	omninet_read_bulk_callback,
 	.write_bulk_callback =	omninet_write_bulk_callback,
+	.process_read_urb =	omninet_process_read_urb,
 	.disconnect =		omninet_disconnect,
 };
 
@@ -134,26 +132,13 @@ static int omninet_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port)
 {
 	struct usb_serial	*serial = port->serial;
 	struct usb_serial_port	*wport;
-	int			result = 0;
 
 	wport = serial->port[1];
 	tty_port_tty_set(&wport->port, tty);
 
-	/* Start reading from the device */
-	result = usb_submit_urb(port->read_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (result)
-		dev_err(&port->dev,
-			"%s - failed submitting read urb, error %d\n",
-			__func__, result);
-	return result;
-}
-
-static void omninet_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
-{
-	usb_kill_urb(port->read_urb);
+	return usb_serial_generic_open(tty, port);
 }
 
-
 #define OMNINET_HEADERLEN	4
 #define OMNINET_BULKOUTSIZE	64
 #define OMNINET_PAYLOADSIZE	(OMNINET_BULKOUTSIZE - OMNINET_HEADERLEN)
@@ -175,28 +160,6 @@ static void omninet_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->port);
 }
 
-static void omninet_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
-{
-	struct usb_serial_port 	*port 	= urb->context;
-	int status = urb->status;
-	int result;
-
-	if (status) {
-		dev_dbg(&port->dev, "%s - nonzero read bulk status received: %d\n",
-			__func__, status);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	omninet_process_read_urb(urb);
-
-	/* Continue trying to always read  */
-	result = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (result)
-		dev_err(&port->dev,
-			"%s - failed resubmitting read urb, error %d\n",
-			__func__, result);
-}
-
 static int omninet_write(struct tty_struct *tty, struct usb_serial_port *port,
 					const unsigned char *buf, int count)
 {