diff --git a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index 0f9904fe3a5a..d0cc122fa3f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -2854,6 +2854,8 @@ static int myri10ge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
+
 	mgp = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	memset(mgp, 0, sizeof(*mgp));
 	mgp->dev = netdev;