diff --git a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
index dbbe97ae121e..3b1ff6148702 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ static int at91_can_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (at91_is_sam9263(priv))
 		dev->sysfs_groups[0] = &at91_sysfs_attr_group;
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	err = register_candev(dev);