diff --git a/arch/mips/sni/eisa.c b/arch/mips/sni/eisa.c
index 7396cd719900255c0379eda6b4d62dafe5fa8c6f..6827feb4de9671b7ef72201e55bff0abdffa6329 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sni/eisa.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sni/eisa.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int __init sni_eisa_root_init(void)
 	if (!r)
 		return r;
 
-	eisa_root_dev.dev.driver_data = &eisa_bus_root;
+	dev_set_drvdata(&eisa_root_dev.dev, &eisa_bus_root);
 
 	if (eisa_root_register(&eisa_bus_root)) {
 		/* A real bridge may have been registered before