@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 open-vm-tools/modules/linux/shared/compat_netdevice.h |  4 ++++
 open-vm-tools/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c           | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/open-vm-tools/modules/linux/shared/compat_netdevice.h	
+++ a/open-vm-tools/modules/linux/shared/compat_netdevice.h	
@@ -337,4 +337,8 @@ typedef netdev_features_t compat_netdev_features_t;
 typedef u32 compat_netdev_features_t;
 #endif
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 16, 0) || defined(SET_ETHTOOL_OPS)
+#define VMW_HAVE_ETHTOOL_OPS 1
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __COMPAT_NETDEVICE_H__ */
--- a/open-vm-tools/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c	
+++ a/open-vm-tools/modules/linux/vmxnet/vmxnet.c	
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ vmxnet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 
 #endif
 
-
-#ifdef SET_ETHTOOL_OPS
+#ifdef VMW_HAVE_ETHTOOL_OPS
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ vmxnet_ethtool_ops = {
 };
 
 
-#else   /* !defined(SET_ETHTOOL_OPS) */
+#else   /* !defined(VMW_HAVE_ETHTOOL_OPS) */
 
 
 /*
@@ -743,7 +742,7 @@ vmxnet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
    }
    return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
-#endif /* SET_ETHTOOL_OPS */
+#endif /* !defined(VMW_HAVE_ETHTOOL_OPS) */
 
 
 /*
@@ -1142,8 +1141,12 @@ vmxnet_probe_device(struct pci_dev             *pdev, // IN: vmxnet PCI device
    dev->watchdog_timeo = VMXNET_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SET_ETHTOOL_OPS
+#ifdef VMW_HAVE_ETHTOOL_OPS
+#  ifdef SET_ETHTOOL_OPS
    SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &vmxnet_ethtool_ops);
+#  else
+   dev->ethtool_ops = &vmxnet_ethtool_ops;
+#  endif
 #else
    dev->do_ioctl = vmxnet_ioctl;
 #endif
--