diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index d9ebac8a2d99d8bc30a566ce1217a91bd1eee7db..bb8b52d0d1ceff550d26e1c761945693b4cb693c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN,
 };
 
-static struct virtio_driver virtio_net = {
+static struct virtio_driver virtio_net_driver = {
 	.feature_table = features,
 	.feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features),
 	.driver.name =	KBUILD_MODNAME,
@@ -1012,12 +1012,12 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_net = {
 
 static int __init init(void)
 {
-	return register_virtio_driver(&virtio_net);
+	return register_virtio_driver(&virtio_net_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit fini(void)
 {
-	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_net);
+	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_net_driver);
 }
 module_init(init);
 module_exit(fini);