diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
index 10c0a96ce8bb..f82e12cd26d8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ int oz_cdev_register(void)
 	       MAJOR(g_cdev.devnum), MINOR(g_cdev.devnum));
 	cdev_init(&g_cdev.cdev, &oz_fops);
 	g_cdev.cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
-	g_cdev.cdev.ops = &oz_fops;
 	spin_lock_init(&g_cdev.lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&g_cdev.rdq);
 	err = cdev_add(&g_cdev.cdev, g_cdev.devnum, 1);