diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
index 305f3a83176a42a3e0b9262c3bebe781d6f9c975..30f78587e23f69e49ab74b20f7964281d6c77025 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/opa_vnic/opa_vnic_netdev.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void opa_vnic_process_vema_config(struct opa_vnic_adapter *adapter)
 		memcpy(saddr.sa_data, info->vport.base_mac_addr,
 		       ARRAY_SIZE(info->vport.base_mac_addr));
 		mutex_lock(&adapter->lock);
-		eth_mac_addr(netdev, &saddr);
+		eth_commit_mac_addr_change(netdev, &saddr);
 		memcpy(adapter->vema_mac_addr,
 		       info->vport.base_mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		mutex_unlock(&adapter->lock);