diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 42e1492ea845fd4f6c50c05ee43337756f44a116..396eb59768be5a7b7ccfc02622b08d1b060e96ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2828,6 +2828,8 @@ struct stmmac_priv *stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	priv->ioaddr = addr;
 	priv->dev->base_addr = (unsigned long)addr;
 
+	dev_set_drvdata(device, priv);
+
 	/* Verify driver arguments */
 	stmmac_verify_args();
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
index 3bca908716e2a5c52a82ee6e6d8e67b9b10d23c6..4743d0017d7996580c4ce2accb78b1ee0d099cd1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@ static int stmmac_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	priv->dev->irq = pdev->irq;
 	priv->wol_irq = pdev->irq;
 
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, priv->dev);
-
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "STMMAC PCI driver registration completed\n");
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 3e194c3ca2977b257458fecde72eba4ac83cd3a3..8d7e160c2c5b4db4a0a0edba353fb813dd7a4a8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -350,8 +350,6 @@ int stmmac_pltfr_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (mac)
 		memcpy(priv->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv->dev);
-
 	pr_debug("STMMAC platform driver registration completed");
 
 	return 0;