diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index 2cd1f8efdfa3a9..6bfa7575af942d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@ static int dpaa_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Do this here, so we can be verbose early */
-	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net_dev, dev);
+	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net_dev, dev->parent);
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, net_dev);
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);