diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
index ca71577f36300774659ac5e5c38f6e0e125d84ef..1e8f41a9951142e536e22312d25e106b1cf1297e 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr, char *name)
 	if (str == NULL)
 		goto random;
 
-	for (i = 0;i < 6; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
 		addr[i] = simple_strtoul(str, &end, 16);
 		if ((end == str) ||
 		   ((*end != ':') && (*end != ',') && (*end != '\0'))) {
@@ -343,14 +343,13 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr, char *name)
 	}
 	if (!is_local_ether_addr(addr)) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
-		       "Warning: attempt to assign a globally valid ethernet "
+		       "Warning: Assigning a globally valid ethernet "
 		       "address to a device\n");
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "You should better enable the 2nd "
-		       "rightmost bit in the first byte of the MAC,\n");
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "You should set the 2nd rightmost bit in "
+		       "the first byte of the MAC,\n");
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "i.e. %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
 		       addr[0] | 0x02, addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4],
 		       addr[5]);
-		goto random;
 	}
 	return;