remove init of dev->perm_addr in drivers

perm_addr is initialized correctly in register_netdevice() so to init it in
drivers is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index b53bf9db471a..ceb1617645c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -5730,9 +5730,8 @@ static int nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
                         "%s: set workaround bit for reversed mac addr\n",
                         __func__);
         }
-        memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
-        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->perm_addr)) {
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
                 /*
                  * Bad mac address. At least one bios sets the mac address
                  * to 01:23:45:67:89:ab