1 files changed, 1 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 46d9c3a4de2f..2d7d6d473781 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -698,32 +698,8 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
 
         if (*cur != 0) {
                 /* MAC address */
-                if ((delim = strchr(cur, ':')) == NULL)
+                if (!mac_pton(cur, np->remote_mac))
                         goto parse_failed;
-                *delim = 0;
-                np->remote_mac[0] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
-                cur = delim + 1;
-                if ((delim = strchr(cur, ':')) == NULL)
-                        goto parse_failed;
-                *delim = 0;
-                np->remote_mac[1] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
-                cur = delim + 1;
-                if ((delim = strchr(cur, ':')) == NULL)
-                        goto parse_failed;
-                *delim = 0;
-                np->remote_mac[2] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
-                cur = delim + 1;
-                if ((delim = strchr(cur, ':')) == NULL)
-                        goto parse_failed;
-                *delim = 0;
-                np->remote_mac[3] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
-                cur = delim + 1;
-                if ((delim = strchr(cur, ':')) == NULL)
-                        goto parse_failed;
-                *delim = 0;
-                np->remote_mac[4] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
-                cur = delim + 1;
-                np->remote_mac[5] = simple_strtol(cur, NULL, 16);
         }
 
         netpoll_print_options(np);