diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index 7caa8da48421..3af5e0c08233 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ static int dpaa_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device *dev;
 	int err;
 
-	dev = &pdev->dev;
+	dev = pdev->dev.parent;
 	net_dev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);