diff --git a/drivers/net/8390.c b/drivers/net/8390.c
index 029ad08f03306739defd782fac3615b4fd87523e..fbe609a51e02c5952e6b437f8183e344af0c4fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8390.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8390.c
@@ -72,7 +72,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ei_netdev_ops);
 
 struct net_device *__alloc_ei_netdev(int size)
 {
-	return ____alloc_ei_netdev(size);
+	struct net_device *dev = ____alloc_ei_netdev(size);
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS
+	if (dev) {
+		dev->hard_start_xmit = ei_start_xmit;
+		dev->get_stats	= ei_get_stats;
+		dev->set_multicast_list = ei_set_multicast_list;
+		dev->tx_timeout = ei_tx_timeout;
+	}
+#endif
+	return dev;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_ei_netdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/8390p.c b/drivers/net/8390p.c
index 9c916d4d206efe56ee9cfdb17cba1f5b635998d9..ee70b358a816aedf83535017c55ab3af8d4cc254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/8390p.c
+++ b/drivers/net/8390p.c
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(eip_netdev_ops);
 
 struct net_device *__alloc_eip_netdev(int size)
 {
-	return ____alloc_ei_netdev(size);
+	struct net_device *dev = ____alloc_ei_netdev(size);
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS
+	if (dev) {
+		dev->hard_start_xmit = eip_start_xmit;
+		dev->get_stats	= eip_get_stats;
+		dev->set_multicast_list = eip_set_multicast_list;
+		dev->tx_timeout = eip_tx_timeout;
+	}
+#endif
+	return dev;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_eip_netdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/lib8390.c b/drivers/net/lib8390.c
index 1d36ca4dc6b990a08ba689bc0de95a685c923fe7..789b6cb744b284ee08d4c749ab9fa210dc34170e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/lib8390.c
+++ b/drivers/net/lib8390.c
@@ -1010,12 +1010,6 @@ static void ethdev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (ei_debug > 1)
 		printk(version);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS
-	dev->hard_start_xmit = ei_start_xmit;
-	dev->get_stats	= ei_get_stats;
-	dev->set_multicast_list = ei_set_multicast_list;
-	dev->tx_timeout = __ei_tx_timeout;
-#endif
 	ether_setup(dev);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ei_local->page_lock);