2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
index 9d026ed77ddd..319ee4cd70d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_ethtool.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ struct ethtool_ops ixgb_ethtool_ops = {
         .phys_id = ixgb_phys_id,
         .get_stats_count = ixgb_get_stats_count,
         .get_ethtool_stats = ixgb_get_ethtool_stats,
+        .get_perm_addr = ethtool_op_get_perm_addr,
 };
 
 void ixgb_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 5c555373adbe..5015eaf4e20a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -460,8 +460,9 @@ ixgb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         }
 
         ixgb_get_ee_mac_addr(&adapter->hw, netdev->dev_addr);
+        memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, netdev->dev_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-        if(!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
+        if(!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
                 err = -EIO;
                 goto err_eeprom;
         }