1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
index fc7738ffbfff..e7b4bc3820e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
@@ -814,8 +814,9 @@ static int __devinit rhine_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
         for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
                 dev->dev_addr[i] = ioread8(ioaddr + StationAddr + i);
+        memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
-        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->perm_addr)) {
                 rc = -EIO;
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Invalid MAC address\n");
                 goto err_out_unmap;
@@ -1829,6 +1830,7 @@ static struct ethtool_ops netdev_ethtool_ops = {
         .set_wol                = rhine_set_wol,
         .get_sg                 = ethtool_op_get_sg,
         .get_tx_csum            = ethtool_op_get_tx_csum,
+        .get_perm_addr          = ethtool_op_get_perm_addr,
 };
 
 static int netdev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)