1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 2d4c4fc1d900..c30935587207 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1592,10 +1592,15 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                         ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
         }
 
-        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
                 dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
                          "set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
 
+                random_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+                mac_src = "random";
+        }
+
+
         platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
         ret = register_netdev(ndev);