2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
index 57d135e3bfaf..8b742b639ceb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
@@ -2139,6 +2139,8 @@ struct ql_adapter {
         u16 device_id;
         struct timer_list timer;
         atomic_t lb_count;
+        /* Keep local copy of current mac address. */
+        char current_mac_addr[6];
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 0541e777694d..c170349717c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int ql_set_mac_addr(struct ql_adapter *qdev, int set)
         char *addr;
 
         if (set) {
-                addr = &qdev->ndev->dev_addr[0];
+                addr = &qdev->current_mac_addr[0];
                 netif_printk(qdev, ifup, KERN_DEBUG, qdev->ndev,
                              "Set Mac addr %pM\n", addr);
         } else {
@@ -4301,6 +4301,8 @@ static int qlge_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *p)
         if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
         memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ndev->addr_len);
+        /* Update local copy of current mac address. */
+        memcpy(qdev->current_mac_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
 
         status = ql_sem_spinlock(qdev, SEM_MAC_ADDR_MASK);
         if (status)
@@ -4542,6 +4544,8 @@ static int __devinit ql_init_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         }
 
         memcpy(ndev->perm_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
+        /* Keep local copy of current mac address. */
+        memcpy(qdev->current_mac_addr, ndev->dev_addr, ndev->addr_len);
 
         /* Set up the default ring sizes. */
         qdev->tx_ring_size = NUM_TX_RING_ENTRIES;