diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index f523f0204f1f6da3ed8efa6579924823b9c1335f..8a08c5e71e48eebf0f90e22238039669961b92e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -712,16 +712,13 @@ static int mlx4_en_ethtool_add_mac_rule_by_ipv4(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 						__be32 ipv4_dst)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
-	__be64 be_mac = 0;
 	unsigned char mac[ETH_ALEN];
 
 	if (!ipv4_is_multicast(ipv4_dst)) {
-		if (cmd->fs.flow_type & FLOW_MAC_EXT) {
+		if (cmd->fs.flow_type & FLOW_MAC_EXT)
 			memcpy(&mac, cmd->fs.h_ext.h_dest, ETH_ALEN);
-		} else {
-			be_mac = cpu_to_be64((priv->mac & MLX4_MAC_MASK) << 16);
-			memcpy(&mac, &be_mac, ETH_ALEN);
-		}
+		else
+			memcpy(&mac, priv->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	} else {
 		ip_eth_mc_map(ipv4_dst, mac);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 551ef688a8dfa28369a8ee060391a251a7112435..f7338cb55eca2d044a77b22040de93e24fdff7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -132,17 +132,14 @@ static void mlx4_en_filter_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		.priority = MLX4_DOMAIN_RFS,
 	};
 	int rc;
-	__be64 mac;
 	__be64 mac_mask = cpu_to_be64(MLX4_MAC_MASK << 16);
 
 	list_add_tail(&spec_eth.list, &rule.list);
 	list_add_tail(&spec_ip.list, &rule.list);
 	list_add_tail(&spec_tcp.list, &rule.list);
 
-	mac = cpu_to_be64((priv->mac & MLX4_MAC_MASK) << 16);
-
 	rule.qpn = priv->rss_map.qps[filter->rxq_index].qpn;
-	memcpy(spec_eth.eth.dst_mac, &mac, ETH_ALEN);
+	memcpy(spec_eth.eth.dst_mac, priv->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(spec_eth.eth.dst_mac_msk, &mac_mask, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	filter->activated = 0;
@@ -413,6 +410,16 @@ static int mlx4_en_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *dev, unsigned short vid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(unsigned char dst_mac[ETH_ALEN + 2], u64 src_mac)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	for (i = ETH_ALEN - 1; i; --i) {
+		dst_mac[i] = src_mac & 0xff;
+		src_mac >>= 8;
+	}
+	memset(&dst_mac[ETH_ALEN], 0, 2);
+}
+
 u64 mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(u8 *addr)
 {
 	u64 mac = 0;
@@ -435,7 +442,6 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_mac(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, saddr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
-	priv->mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(dev->dev_addr);
 	queue_work(mdev->workqueue, &priv->mac_task);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -450,10 +456,13 @@ static void mlx4_en_do_set_mac(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->state_lock);
 	if (priv->port_up) {
 		/* Remove old MAC and insert the new one */
+		u64 mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(priv->dev->dev_addr);
 		err = mlx4_replace_mac(mdev->dev, priv->port,
-				       priv->base_qpn, priv->mac);
+				       priv->base_qpn, mac);
 		if (err)
 			en_err(priv, "Failed changing HW MAC address\n");
+		memcpy(priv->prev_mac, priv->dev->dev_addr,
+		       sizeof(priv->prev_mac));
 	} else
 		en_dbg(HW, priv, "Port is down while "
 				 "registering mac, exiting...\n");
@@ -1031,6 +1040,7 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 	int i;
 	int j;
 	u8 mc_list[16] = {0};
+	u64 mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(dev->dev_addr);
 
 	if (priv->port_up) {
 		en_dbg(DRV, priv, "start port called while port already up\n");
@@ -1078,7 +1088,7 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Set qp number */
 	en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Getting qp number for port %d\n", priv->port);
 	err = mlx4_get_eth_qp(mdev->dev, priv->port,
-				priv->mac, &priv->base_qpn);
+			      mac, &priv->base_qpn);
 	if (err) {
 		en_err(priv, "Failed getting eth qp\n");
 		goto cq_err;
@@ -1191,7 +1201,7 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 rss_err:
 	mlx4_en_release_rss_steer(priv);
 mac_err:
-	mlx4_put_eth_qp(mdev->dev, priv->port, priv->mac, priv->base_qpn);
+	mlx4_put_eth_qp(mdev->dev, priv->port, mac, priv->base_qpn);
 cq_err:
 	while (rx_index--)
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_cq(priv, &priv->rx_cq[rx_index]);
@@ -1210,6 +1220,7 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev, int detach)
 	struct ethtool_flow_id *flow, *tmp_flow;
 	int i;
 	u8 mc_list[16] = {0};
+	u64 mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(dev->dev_addr);
 
 	if (!priv->port_up) {
 		en_dbg(DRV, priv, "stop port called while port already down\n");
@@ -1290,7 +1301,7 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev, int detach)
 	mlx4_en_release_rss_steer(priv);
 
 	/* Unregister Mac address for the port */
-	mlx4_put_eth_qp(mdev->dev, priv->port, priv->mac, priv->base_qpn);
+	mlx4_put_eth_qp(mdev->dev, priv->port, mac, priv->base_qpn);
 	if (!(mdev->dev->caps.flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAGS2_REASSIGN_MAC_EN))
 		mdev->mac_removed[priv->port] = 1;
 
@@ -1597,7 +1608,6 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv;
-	int i;
 	int err;
 
 	dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_priv),
@@ -1658,14 +1668,19 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 
 	/* Query for default mac and max mtu */
 	priv->max_mtu = mdev->dev->caps.eth_mtu_cap[priv->port];
-	priv->mac = mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port];
-	if (ILLEGAL_MAC(priv->mac)) {
-		en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: 0x%llx, quiting\n",
-			 priv->port, priv->mac);
+
+	/* Set default MAC */
+	dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;
+	mlx4_en_u64_to_mac(dev->dev_addr, mdev->dev->caps.def_mac[priv->port]);
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
+		en_err(priv, "Port: %d, invalid mac burned: %pM, quiting\n",
+		       priv->port, dev->dev_addr);
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	memcpy(priv->prev_mac, dev->dev_addr, sizeof(priv->prev_mac));
+
 	priv->stride = roundup_pow_of_two(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_rx_desc) +
 					  DS_SIZE * MLX4_EN_MAX_RX_FRAGS);
 	err = mlx4_en_alloc_resources(priv);
@@ -1696,11 +1711,6 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &mlx4_en_ethtool_ops);
 
-	/* Set defualt MAC */
-	dev->addr_len = ETH_ALEN;
-	for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
-		dev->dev_addr[ETH_ALEN - 1 - i] = (u8) (priv->mac >> (8 * i));
-
 	/*
 	 * Set driver features
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index ed214d05dd71586f8a84db2432cd977fc0afaf16..2e7f5bb94e1f0e38bed5664d580bae95bd669262 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 		if (priv->flags & MLX4_EN_FLAG_RX_FILTER_NEEDED) {
 			struct ethhdr *ethh;
 			dma_addr_t dma;
-			u64 s_mac;
 			/* Get pointer to first fragment since we haven't
 			 * skb yet and cast it to ethhdr struct
 			 */
@@ -617,8 +616,8 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 						 frags[0].offset);
 
 			/* Drop the packet, since HW loopback-ed it */
-			s_mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(ethh->h_source);
-			if (s_mac == priv->mac)
+			if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(dev->dev_addr,
+						    ethh->h_source))
 				goto next;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 696dcf33619fe253500e22e6f1983a49abfb791a..9d0105d3eaf3bc370ace0615bb508976aec440da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ enum cq_type {
  */
 #define ROUNDUP_LOG2(x)		ilog2(roundup_pow_of_two(x))
 #define XNOR(x, y)		(!(x) == !(y))
-#define ILLEGAL_MAC(addr)	(addr == 0xffffffffffffULL || addr == 0x0)
 
 
 struct mlx4_en_tx_info {
@@ -483,7 +482,7 @@ struct mlx4_en_priv {
 	int registered;
 	int allocated;
 	int stride;
-	u64 mac;
+	unsigned char prev_mac[ETH_ALEN + 2];
 	int mac_index;
 	unsigned max_mtu;
 	int base_qpn;