1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 20a5af6d87d0..20d6764cedc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7444,9 +7444,8 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
         }
 
         memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.perm_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-        memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac.perm_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
                 e_dev_err("invalid MAC address\n");
                 err = -EIO;
                 goto err_sw_init;