1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 4efad533e5f6..bc39c8c8f589 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -290,8 +290,6 @@ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
         if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
         memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
-        /* if device marked as NET_ADDR_RANDOM, reset it */
-        dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
         return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_mac_addr);