diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
index 2ba0934e52dcc6167a9814dd903675bd6b343083..01a8ffbfc4646c65f216dbef9eb63ca2d0d4a974 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
@@ -2973,7 +2973,7 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
 	if (mac)
-		memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+		ether_addr_copy(bp->dev->dev_addr, mac);
 	else
 		macb_get_hwaddr(bp);