diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 01392649b462..650139626581 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,7 @@ static int __init rose_proto_init(void)
 		char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 
 		sprintf(name, "rose%d", i);
-		dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_stats),
-				   name, rose_setup);
+		dev = alloc_netdev(0, name, rose_setup);
 		if (!dev) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "ROSE: rose_proto_init - unable to allocate memory\n");
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/rose/rose_dev.c b/net/rose/rose_dev.c
index 12cfcf09556b..ddb566707184 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_dev.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_dev.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static int rose_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-	struct net_device_stats *stats = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct net_device_stats *stats = &dev->stats;
 	unsigned char *bp = (unsigned char *)skb->data;
 	struct sk_buff *skbn;
 	unsigned int len;
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int rose_close(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static int rose_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct net_device_stats *stats = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct net_device_stats *stats = &dev->stats;
 
 	if (!netif_running(dev)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "ROSE: rose_xmit - called when iface is down\n");
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ static int rose_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct net_device_stats *rose_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return netdev_priv(dev);
-}
-
 static const struct header_ops rose_header_ops = {
 	.create	= rose_header,
 	.rebuild= rose_rebuild_header,
@@ -169,5 +164,4 @@ void rose_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* New-style flags. */
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
-	dev->get_stats = rose_get_stats;
 }