diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 96964fb7478b9f7f36a88b86c15b155c9f6c17c1..cf89ce677e41b3b020cab65780967f0858a34e60 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ extern void		free_netdev(struct net_device *dev);
 extern void		synchronize_net(void);
 extern int 		register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int		unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
-extern int		call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, void *v);
+extern int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev);
 extern struct net_device	*dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex);
 extern struct net_device	*__dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex);
 extern int		dev_restart(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e9a6d93a194f3f209ccb51b20bc22dd93713e705..b517d36e653e2655f71768cfee13c0d570c9a221 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1206,9 +1206,9 @@ int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
  *	are as for raw_notifier_call_chain().
  */
 
-int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, void *v)
+int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, v);
+	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, dev);
 }
 
 /* When > 0 there are consumers of rx skb time stamps */