diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index c85e71e0c7ffc640bd9592ce52b03dbde6cad926..ff41b4d60d302e18a1ebcf1bdfc950970fdd3aae 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	real_dev = dev_get_by_index(src_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK]));
 	if (!real_dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev = real_dev;
 	lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag = 0;
@@ -1386,6 +1388,9 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	entry->ldev = dev;
 
+	/* Set the lowpan harware address to the wpan hardware address. */
+	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
+
 	mutex_lock(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
 	list_add_tail(&entry->list, &lowpan_devices);