diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
index 17ffb1353fb4..025b2bad9428 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/svc.c
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 struct gb_svc {
 	struct gb_connection	*connection;
-	u8			version_major;
-	u8			version_minor;
 };
 
 static struct ida greybus_svc_device_id_map;
@@ -163,6 +161,9 @@ static int gb_svc_version_request(struct gb_operation *op)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	connection->module_major = version->major;
+	connection->module_minor = version->minor;
+
 	if (!gb_operation_response_alloc(op, sizeof(*version), GFP_KERNEL)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: error allocating response\n",
 				__func__);