diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
index 55a37ae11440791d78e5dd69bf486cb5b4f976f3..2434611d1b4eda41237ae82f05acf43cf7fc6dde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/of_net.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 
@@ -4748,6 +4750,7 @@ static struct net_device *sky2_init_netdev(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port,
 {
 	struct sky2_port *sky2;
 	struct net_device *dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*sky2));
+	const void *iap;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
@@ -4805,8 +4808,16 @@ static struct net_device *sky2_init_netdev(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port,
 
 	dev->features |= dev->hw_features;
 
-	/* read the mac address */
-	memcpy_fromio(dev->dev_addr, hw->regs + B2_MAC_1 + port * 8, ETH_ALEN);
+	/* try to get mac address in the following order:
+	 * 1) from device tree data
+	 * 2) from internal registers set by bootloader
+	 */
+	iap = of_get_mac_address(hw->pdev->dev.of_node);
+	if (iap)
+		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, iap, ETH_ALEN);
+	else
+		memcpy_fromio(dev->dev_addr, hw->regs + B2_MAC_1 + port * 8,
+			      ETH_ALEN);
 
 	return dev;
 }