diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index d818ded6c05c56df2aee31486332505a07895b98..473c37786700709d4c1e718ff14c68549eabd25c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ static int arc_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!ndev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &arc_emac_netdev_ops;