diff --git a/net/rose/rose_dev.c b/net/rose/rose_dev.c
index a8ed9a1d09f9efe2dee89d08893bad4d892bd836..d297af737d1023a41c88f028a8628d91e52bc3eb 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_dev.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_dev.c
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ void rose_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->set_mac_address    = rose_set_mac_address;
 
 	/* New-style flags. */
-	dev->flags		= 0;
+	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->get_stats = rose_get_stats;
 }