diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
index 8f5e347ac003434d590f4caf73f992c5a3d36b2a..8f6205ef4a97a69f4c6ba9029b0fc9d264c06a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82598.c
@@ -831,15 +831,15 @@ static s32 ixgbe_reset_hw_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_AUTOC, hw->mac.orig_autoc);
 	}
 
+	/* Store the permanent mac address */
+	hw->mac.ops.get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.perm_addr);
+
 	/*
 	 * Store MAC address from RAR0, clear receive address registers, and
 	 * clear the multicast table
 	 */
 	hw->mac.ops.init_rx_addrs(hw);
 
-	/* Store the permanent mac address */
-	hw->mac.ops.get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.perm_addr);
-
 reset_hw_out:
 	if (phy_status)
 		status = phy_status;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
index 5e2edcd1244db82758dceee0d33a52c282905152..3d40e68b1b892964eada928bc14b63f482b6d9a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
@@ -965,6 +965,9 @@ static s32 ixgbe_reset_hw_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Store the permanent mac address */
+	hw->mac.ops.get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.perm_addr);
+
 	/*
 	 * Store MAC address from RAR0, clear receive address registers, and
 	 * clear the multicast table.  Also reset num_rar_entries to 128,
@@ -973,9 +976,6 @@ static s32 ixgbe_reset_hw_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	hw->mac.num_rar_entries = 128;
 	hw->mac.ops.init_rx_addrs(hw);
 
-	/* Store the permanent mac address */
-	hw->mac.ops.get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.perm_addr);
-
 	/* Store the permanent SAN mac address */
 	hw->mac.ops.get_san_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.san_addr);