diff --git a/include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h b/include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h
index 942e3873690190addb45bdde24a069a812f3b8b8..eba52a100533349461c1965f996074c187eaab08 100644
--- a/include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h
+++ b/include/linux/ssb/ssb_driver_gige.h
@@ -96,16 +96,21 @@ static inline bool ssb_gige_must_flush_posted_writes(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-extern char * nvram_get(const char *name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BCM47XX
+#include <asm/mach-bcm47xx/nvram.h>
 /* Get the device MAC address */
 static inline void ssb_gige_get_macaddr(struct pci_dev *pdev, u8 *macaddr)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_BCM47XX
-	char *res = nvram_get("et0macaddr");
-	if (res)
-		memcpy(macaddr, res, 6);
-#endif
+	char buf[20];
+	if (nvram_getenv("et0macaddr", buf, sizeof(buf)) < 0)
+		return;
+	nvram_parse_macaddr(buf, macaddr);
 }
+#else
+static inline void ssb_gige_get_macaddr(struct pci_dev *pdev, u8 *macaddr)
+{
+}
+#endif
 
 extern int ssb_gige_pcibios_plat_dev_init(struct ssb_device *sdev,
 					  struct pci_dev *pdev);