1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 622aa75904c4..1b326cbcd34b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
         mac = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
 
-        if (mac && is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+        if (mac)
                 memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
         else
                 eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);