diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 67bf7ebae5c6dba9b9ea28c0c9c0801093f55eb7..de214fbda173f63f7f1afcfb6bbd536155d33710 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ static int macvlan_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
+	/* If the addresses are the same, this is a no-op */
+	if (ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU) {
 		dev_set_mac_address(vlan->lowerdev, addr);
 		return 0;