1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 36e58800a9e3..db6a6c17d790 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 {
         struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 
-        if (netif_running(dev))
+        if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev))
                 return -EBUSY;
         if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;