diff --git a/drivers/net/eexpress.c b/drivers/net/eexpress.c
index 9ff3f2f5e3829a431b1bb6f010fa172ff005374d..1686dca2874865a7d012bbc39bd9d77c63b305eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eexpress.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eexpress.c
@@ -1043,6 +1043,17 @@ static void eexp_hw_tx_pio(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short *buf,
 	lp->last_tx = jiffies;
 }
 
+static const struct net_device_ops eexp_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open 		= eexp_open,
+	.ndo_stop 		= eexp_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= eexp_xmit,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list = eexp_set_multicast,
+	.ndo_tx_timeout		= eexp_timeout,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
+	.ndo_set_mac_address 	= eth_mac_addr,
+	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
+};
+
 /*
  * Sanity check the suspected EtherExpress card
  * Read hardware address, reset card, size memory and initialize buffer
@@ -1163,11 +1174,7 @@ static int __init eexp_hw_probe(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short ioaddr)
 	lp->rx_buf_start = TX_BUF_START + (lp->num_tx_bufs*TX_BUF_SIZE);
 	lp->width = buswidth;
 
-	dev->open = eexp_open;
-	dev->stop = eexp_close;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit = eexp_xmit;
-	dev->set_multicast_list = &eexp_set_multicast;
-	dev->tx_timeout = eexp_timeout;
+	dev->netdev_ops = &eexp_netdev_ops;
 	dev->watchdog_timeo = 2*HZ;
 
 	return register_netdev(dev);