1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index b8a82b86f909..602dc6668c3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct qmi_wwan_state {
 /* default ethernet address used by the modem */
 static const u8 default_modem_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x02, 0x50, 0xf3};
 
+static const u8 buggy_fw_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x00, 0xa0, 0xc6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+
 /* Make up an ethernet header if the packet doesn't have one.
  *
  * A firmware bug common among several devices cause them to send raw
@@ -332,10 +334,12 @@ next_desc:
                 usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
         }
 
-        /* Never use the same address on both ends of the link, even
-         * if the buggy firmware told us to.
+        /* Never use the same address on both ends of the link, even if the
+         * buggy firmware told us to. Or, if device is assigned the well-known
+         * buggy firmware MAC address, replace it with a random address,
          */
-        if (ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, default_modem_addr))
+        if (ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, default_modem_addr) ||
+            ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, buggy_fw_addr))
                 eth_hw_addr_random(dev->net);
 
         /* make MAC addr easily distinguishable from an IP header */