1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index 92dccd43bdca..e34630252cef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ static void __init macb_get_hwaddr(struct macb *bp)
         addr[4] = top & 0xff;
         addr[5] = (top >> 8) & 0xff;
 
-        if (is_valid_ether_addr(addr))
+        if (is_valid_ether_addr(addr)) {
                 memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, addr, sizeof(addr));
+        } else {
+                dev_info(&bp->pdev->dev, "invalid hw address, using random\n");
+                random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
+        }
 }
 
 static int macb_mdio_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum)