2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index f133ff0b0b94..8f3a13420278 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,7 @@ struct ethtool_ops e1000_ethtool_ops = {
         .phys_id                = e1000_phys_id,
         .get_stats_count        = e1000_get_stats_count,
         .get_ethtool_stats      = e1000_get_ethtool_stats,
+        .get_perm_addr          = ethtool_op_get_perm_addr,
 };
 
 void e1000_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index ee687c902a20..c062b0ad8262 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;