1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9969afb82271..9a419b099482 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1667,9 +1667,11 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
 
         if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
                 dev->mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
-        if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
+        if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
                 memcpy(dev->dev_addr, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
                                 nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]));
+                dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
+        }
         if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST])
                 memcpy(dev->broadcast, nla_data(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]),
                                 nla_len(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]));