diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
index 04d5eee..429a281 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/debugport.c
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ dummy_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	return 8192;
 }
 
+static struct tty_operations dummy_ops = {
+	.open = &dummy_open,
+	.close = &dummy_close,
+	.write = &dummy_write,
+	.write_room = &dummy_write_room,
+};
+
 void __init
 init_dummy_console(void)
 {
@@ -448,10 +455,7 @@ init_dummy_console(void)
 		B115200 | CS8 | CREAD | HUPCL | CLOCAL; /* is normally B9600 default... */
 	dummy_driver.flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_DYNAMIC_DEV;
 
-	dummy_driver.open = dummy_open;
-	dummy_driver.close = dummy_close;
-	dummy_driver.write = dummy_write;
-	dummy_driver.write_room = dummy_write_room;
+	dummy_driver.ops = &dummy_ops;
 	if (tty_register_driver(&dummy_driver))
 		panic("Couldn't register dummy serial driver\n");
 }