diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 1ac9440eb3fb2daa6bf1c035d36dc37fb459279c..32960b9b02ae0ba96b539d88cddda617125e8da0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ static int emac_dev_open(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct emac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
 	netif_carrier_off(ndev);
-	for (cnt = 0; cnt <= ETH_ALEN; cnt++)
+	for (cnt = 0; cnt < ETH_ALEN; cnt++)
 		ndev->dev_addr[cnt] = priv->mac_addr[cnt];
 
 	/* Configuration items */