diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
index c48174ed49cc..71c677e651d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static int flexcan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	netif_napi_add(dev, &priv->napi, flexcan_poll, FLEXCAN_NAPI_WEIGHT);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	err = register_flexcandev(dev);