diff --git a/drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c b/drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c
index 7c13fb3c167b02b541834283d272d1a5a17f5860..93362eed94eda0be345958ab069f0f78935c6443 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c
@@ -599,9 +599,7 @@ static void ether1394_add_host(struct hpsb_host *host)
 	}
 
 	SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
-
-	/* This used to be &host->device in Linux 2.6.20 and before. */
-	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, host->device.parent);
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &host->device);
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->ip_node_list);