diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100.c
index 96b99966ce25e84cbc52dc4748bb9ca08852729a..a77100239e7c280d30e5fb3337b81c52e3a981b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100.c
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ static int ef100_pci_find_func_ctrl_window(struct efx_nic *efx,
  */
 static void ef100_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 {
+	struct efx_probe_data *probe_data;
 	struct efx_nic *efx;
 
 	efx = pci_get_drvdata(pci_dev);
@@ -448,6 +449,8 @@ static void ef100_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, NULL);
 	efx_fini_struct(efx);
 	free_netdev(efx->net_dev);
+	probe_data = container_of(efx, struct efx_probe_data, efx);
+	kfree(probe_data);
 
 	pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting(pci_dev);
 };
@@ -455,16 +458,25 @@ static void ef100_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 static int ef100_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 			   const struct pci_device_id *entry)
 {
+	struct efx_probe_data *probe_data, **probe_ptr;
 	struct ef100_func_ctl_window fcw = { 0 };
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	struct efx_nic *efx;
 	int rc;
 
-	/* Allocate and initialise a struct net_device and struct efx_nic */
-	net_dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(*efx), EFX_MAX_CORE_TX_QUEUES);
+	/* Allocate probe data and struct efx_nic */
+	probe_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*probe_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!probe_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	probe_data->pci_dev = pci_dev;
+	efx = &probe_data->efx;
+
+	/* Allocate and initialise a struct net_device */
+	net_dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(probe_data), EFX_MAX_CORE_TX_QUEUES);
 	if (!net_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	efx = efx_netdev_priv(net_dev);
+	probe_ptr = netdev_priv(net_dev);
+	*probe_ptr = probe_data;
 	efx->type = (const struct efx_nic_type *)entry->driver_data;
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, efx);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
index e833eaaf61b6318b6c17678af247b23d79f58d34..7a80979f4ab799658809dd05c19331bc7fa6c42b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int ef100_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	struct efx_nic *efx = container_of(this, struct efx_nic, netdev_notifier);
 	struct net_device *net_dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 
-	if (efx_netdev_priv(net_dev) == efx && event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME)
+	if (efx->net_dev == net_dev && event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME)
 		ef100_update_name(efx);
 
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index f874835e1764c94648e3779670b2c1d7ff40d48c..c88e9de9dcd03096e17e6d49d7bad8af4f7d1f03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@ static void efx_pci_remove_main(struct efx_nic *efx)
  */
 static void efx_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 {
+	struct efx_probe_data *probe_data;
 	struct efx_nic *efx;
 
 	efx = pci_get_drvdata(pci_dev);
@@ -889,6 +890,8 @@ static void efx_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 
 	efx_fini_struct(efx);
 	free_netdev(efx->net_dev);
+	probe_data = container_of(efx, struct efx_probe_data, efx);
+	kfree(probe_data);
 
 	pci_disable_pcie_error_reporting(pci_dev);
 };
@@ -1042,16 +1045,25 @@ static int efx_pci_probe_post_io(struct efx_nic *efx)
 static int efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 			 const struct pci_device_id *entry)
 {
+	struct efx_probe_data *probe_data, **probe_ptr;
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	struct efx_nic *efx;
 	int rc;
 
-	/* Allocate and initialise a struct net_device and struct efx_nic */
-	net_dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*efx), EFX_MAX_CORE_TX_QUEUES,
-				     EFX_MAX_RX_QUEUES);
+	/* Allocate probe data and struct efx_nic */
+	probe_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*probe_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!probe_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	probe_data->pci_dev = pci_dev;
+	efx = &probe_data->efx;
+
+	/* Allocate and initialise a struct net_device */
+	net_dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(probe_data), EFX_MAX_CORE_TX_QUEUES);
 	if (!net_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	efx = efx_netdev_priv(net_dev);
+	probe_ptr = netdev_priv(net_dev);
+	*probe_ptr = probe_data;
+	efx->net_dev = net_dev;
 	efx->type = (const struct efx_nic_type *) entry->driver_data;
 	efx->fixed_features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
index df93ffd7092a397871ea83f8d1f0c926480a0d6e..2228c88a7f3146e4b4276f1d8acc68a877a49662 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -1166,9 +1166,22 @@ struct efx_nic {
 	atomic_t n_rx_noskb_drops;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct efx_probe_data - State after hardware probe
+ * @pci_dev: The PCI device
+ * @efx: Efx NIC details
+ */
+struct efx_probe_data {
+	struct pci_dev *pci_dev;
+	struct efx_nic efx;
+};
+
 static inline struct efx_nic *efx_netdev_priv(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct efx_probe_data **probe_ptr = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct efx_probe_data *probe_data = *probe_ptr;
+
+	return &probe_data->efx;
 }
 
 static inline int efx_dev_registered(struct efx_nic *efx)