1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 8aba66e4a3e4..bd6ca7164049 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int cvm_oct_common_init(struct net_device *dev)
         if (priv->of_node)
                 mac = of_get_mac_address(priv->of_node);
 
-        if (mac && is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+        if (mac)
                 memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
         else
                 eth_hw_addr_random(dev);