diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c
index 8172cf08cc330eb9d4cc61044513a5aed79825e9..3bac9df1c09942a0806681db5afe64d8110f1ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_hw.c
@@ -4307,8 +4307,10 @@ static void e1000_init_rx_addrs(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 
 	rar_num = E1000_RAR_ENTRIES;
 
-	/* Zero out the other 15 receive addresses. */
-	e_dbg("Clearing RAR[1-15]\n");
+	/* Zero out the following 14 receive addresses. RAR[15] is for
+	 * manageability
+	 */
+	e_dbg("Clearing RAR[1-14]\n");
 	for (i = 1; i < rar_num; i++) {
 		E1000_WRITE_REG_ARRAY(hw, RA, (i << 1), 0);
 		E1000_WRITE_FLUSH();