diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
index 41a16d30c79c..e05d9b4c8317 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_dev.c
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ static const struct net_device_ops islpci_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 };
 
+static struct device_type wlan_type = {
+	.name	= "wlan",
+};
+
 struct net_device *
 islpci_setup(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
@@ -821,9 +825,8 @@ islpci_setup(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return ndev;
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
-#if defined(SET_NETDEV_DEV)
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
-#endif
+	SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(ndev, &wlan_type);
 
 	/* setup the structure members */
 	ndev->base_addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);