diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index f32261ecd2150036d3575986ab2e1971def5086f..a6ef75907ae91ef0cf13d8b04cadaed99b31b969 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,6 @@ static int ax88179_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
 
 	ax88179_read_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_NODE_ID, ETH_ALEN, ETH_ALEN,
 			 dev->net->dev_addr);
-	memcpy(dev->net->perm_addr, dev->net->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	/* RX bulk configuration */
 	memcpy(tmp, &AX88179_BULKIN_SIZE[0], 5);