diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 9710b23f65a9920561f19c5d9580211cd6b740bf..85f5019306b50a183bf1d9c28051a7c0a4ae9585 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -2974,7 +2974,7 @@ int mwifiex_register_cfg80211(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 	wiphy->cipher_suites = mwifiex_cipher_suites;
 	wiphy->n_cipher_suites = ARRAY_SIZE(mwifiex_cipher_suites);
 
-	memcpy(wiphy->perm_addr, priv->curr_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	ether_addr_copy(wiphy->perm_addr, adapter->perm_addr);
 	wiphy->signal_type = CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_MBM;
 	wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_HAVE_AP_SME |
 			WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD |
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
index 946a2f7a172f36d6f1b3c8642f7a9371959955be..00586b22c61a4fe98f64f9e307de715448faccda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
@@ -1582,9 +1582,7 @@ int mwifiex_ret_get_hw_spec(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->hw_if_version),
 		le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->version));
 
-	if (priv->curr_addr[0] == 0xff)
-		memmove(priv->curr_addr, hw_spec->permanent_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-
+	ether_addr_copy(priv->adapter->perm_addr, hw_spec->permanent_addr);
 	adapter->region_code = le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->region_code);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_MAX_REGION_CODE; i++)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
index 8004d140ee013bc5e9a483baec3f054dc3a75cd7..44babc329fda55a82e6ce021e3d0defe6a01aaf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static void mwifiex_init_adapter(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->ext_scan = false;
 	adapter->key_api_major_ver = 0;
 	adapter->key_api_minor_ver = 0;
+	memset(adapter->perm_addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	setup_timer(&adapter->wakeup_timer, wakeup_timer_fn,
 		    (unsigned long)adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index 49dec6b4dc9603d1e6726dd756f46ea9f488a541..cb9cab2b0ec0a2990e9f3774e736bb93e4c167a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ void mwifiex_init_priv_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	priv->assocresp_idx = MWIFIEX_AUTO_IDX_MASK;
 	priv->rsn_idx = MWIFIEX_AUTO_IDX_MASK;
 	priv->num_tx_timeout = 0;
+	ether_addr_copy(priv->curr_addr, priv->adapter->perm_addr);
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, priv->curr_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	if (GET_BSS_ROLE(priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA ||
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
index a560179cdb7bd01d4227e434ea04fc32898fc19c..45b40af9797be5720b2c42f0bc95ddf6887e714d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ struct mwifiex_adapter {
 	int winner;
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct wiphy *wiphy;
+	u8 perm_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	bool surprise_removed;
 	u32 fw_release_number;
 	u16 init_wait_q_woken;