diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/nvram.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/nvram.c
index a4b8864f93072d8e305d6a7bcca4953b2cbcc4a5..e652e578a679aa3d1c5c41e336121bedb298ad72 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/nvram.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void __init bcm63xx_nvram_init(void *addr)
 {
 	unsigned int check_len;
 	u32 crc, expected_crc;
+	u8 hcs_mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] = { 0x00, 0x10, 0x18, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
 
 	/* extract nvram data */
 	memcpy(&nvram, addr, sizeof(nvram));
@@ -62,6 +63,15 @@ void __init bcm63xx_nvram_init(void *addr)
 	if (crc != expected_crc)
 		pr_warn("nvram checksum failed, contents may be invalid (expected %08x, got %08x)\n",
 			expected_crc, crc);
+
+	/* Cable modems have a different NVRAM which is embedded in the eCos
+	 * firmware and not easily extractible, give at least a MAC address
+	 * pool.
+	 */
+	if (BCMCPU_IS_3368()) {
+		memcpy(nvram.mac_addr_base, hcs_mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		nvram.mac_addr_count = 2;
+	}
 }
 
 u8 *bcm63xx_nvram_get_name(void)