1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 7c8a0a22dcd5..d02883dcc9b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -614,8 +614,9 @@ e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         if(e1000_read_mac_addr(&adapter->hw))
                 DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "EEPROM Read Error\n");
         memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
+        memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-        if(!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
+        if(!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
                 DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
                 err = -EIO;
                 goto err_eeprom;