diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index e35bac7cfdf14dc85d2bb55b49a864c29f2ae2c6..7d99e695a1106ff1ab74f00c4edd8363b4b7e2c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	dt_mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
-	if (dt_mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(dt_mac_addr)) {
+	if (dt_mac_addr) {
 		mac_from = "device tree";
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, dt_mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	} else {