1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
index d0878526c0c8..b2ffad1304d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ static int arc_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         if (!ndev)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
+        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
         SET_NETDEV_DEV(ndev, &pdev->dev);
 
         ndev->netdev_ops = &arc_emac_netdev_ops;
@@ -725,10 +726,10 @@ static int arc_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         /* Get MAC address from device tree */
         mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
 
-        if (!mac_addr || !is_valid_ether_addr(mac_addr))
-                eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
-        else
+        if (mac_addr)
                 memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+        else
+                eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
 
         dev_info(&pdev->dev, "MAC address is now %pM\n", ndev->dev_addr);