diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
index 43853e3b210e..4a65fc2dd928 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ static void  xl_ee_write(struct net_device *dev, int ee_addr, u16 ee_value)
 	
 	return ; 
 }
+
+static const struct net_device_ops xl_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open		= xl_open,
+	.ndo_stop		= xl_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit		= xl_xmit,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= xl_change_mtu,
+	.ndo_set_multicast_list = xl_set_rx_mode,
+	.ndo_set_mac_address	= xl_set_mac_address,
+};
  
 static int __devinit xl_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			      const struct pci_device_id *ent) 
@@ -337,13 +346,7 @@ static int __devinit xl_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		return i ; 
 	}				
 
-	dev->open=&xl_open;
-	dev->hard_start_xmit=&xl_xmit;
-	dev->change_mtu=&xl_change_mtu;
-	dev->stop=&xl_close;
-	dev->do_ioctl=NULL;
-	dev->set_multicast_list=&xl_set_rx_mode;
-	dev->set_mac_address=&xl_set_mac_address ; 
+	dev->netdev_ops = &xl_netdev_ops;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev,dev) ;