diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index ebc213884a9a5f96172747301a1c627e96eb3ee7..f5f71c02fc2bd54f46d7f38feb2b0e9dff3d4c13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/dmi.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -2617,6 +2618,8 @@ static int ath10k_core_probe_fw(struct ath10k *ar)
 		ath10k_debug_print_board_info(ar);
 	}
 
+	device_get_mac_address(ar->dev, ar->mac_addr, sizeof(ar->mac_addr));
+
 	ret = ath10k_core_init_firmware_features(ar);
 	if (ret) {
 		ath10k_err(ar, "fatal problem with firmware features: %d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
index 40ce0e4006bc9b6a91dbfdf062bf7cde2861c078..212005cd06466571eb287a5dc89af89c7c1d9c30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.c
@@ -5455,7 +5455,8 @@ int ath10k_wmi_event_ready(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		   arg.mac_addr,
 		   __le32_to_cpu(arg.status));
 
-	ether_addr_copy(ar->mac_addr, arg.mac_addr);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(ar->mac_addr))
+		ether_addr_copy(ar->mac_addr, arg.mac_addr);
 	complete(&ar->wmi.unified_ready);
 	return 0;
 }