diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index 04e294d1d16d7ea68f8c9aea0d2f56bc5cb6ec11..99af1a0a331478d9210d82755bd1354eb75534c1 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -665,7 +665,6 @@ struct qeth_card_blkt {
 
 #define QETH_BROADCAST_WITH_ECHO    0x01
 #define QETH_BROADCAST_WITHOUT_ECHO 0x02
-#define QETH_LAYER2_MAC_READ	    0x01
 #define QETH_LAYER2_MAC_REGISTERED  0x02
 struct qeth_card_info {
 	unsigned short unit_addr2;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 4bce5ae65a55c193ec84c0d64137adde497daf6b..abeecffb6d2e6cd15ec29a4545686414ac7aaa47 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -4235,16 +4235,18 @@ static int qeth_setadpparms_change_macaddr_cb(struct qeth_card *card,
 		struct qeth_reply *reply, unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd = (struct qeth_ipa_cmd *) data;
+	struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms *adp_cmd;
 
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "chgmaccb");
 	if (qeth_setadpparms_inspect_rc(cmd))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (IS_LAYER3(card) || !(card->info.mac_bits & QETH_LAYER2_MAC_READ)) {
-		ether_addr_copy(card->dev->dev_addr,
-				cmd->data.setadapterparms.data.change_addr.addr);
-		card->info.mac_bits |= QETH_LAYER2_MAC_READ;
-	}
+	adp_cmd = &cmd->data.setadapterparms;
+	if (IS_LAYER2(card) && IS_OSD(card) && !IS_VM_NIC(card) &&
+	    !(adp_cmd->hdr.flags & QETH_SETADP_FLAGS_VIRTUAL_MAC))
+		return 0;
+
+	ether_addr_copy(card->dev->dev_addr, adp_cmd->data.change_addr.addr);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
index 3e54be201b279f07b09481fd9c1c746802496c1e..10cc487c16d6ae585229ce9a6862bf6ebeca48ab 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ enum qeth_card_types {
 };
 
 #define IS_IQD(card)	((card)->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD)
+#define IS_OSD(card)	((card)->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSD)
 #define IS_OSN(card)	((card)->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN)
+#define IS_VM_NIC(card)	((card)->info.guestlan)
 
 #define QETH_MPC_DIFINFO_LEN_INDICATES_LINK_TYPE 0x18
 /* only the first two bytes are looked at in qeth_get_cardname_short */
@@ -529,17 +531,20 @@ struct qeth_query_switch_attributes {
 	__u8  reserved3[8];
 };
 
+#define QETH_SETADP_FLAGS_VIRTUAL_MAC	0x80	/* for CHANGE_ADDR_READ_MAC */
+
 struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms_hdr {
-	__u32 supp_hw_cmds;
-	__u32 reserved1;
-	__u16 cmdlength;
-	__u16 reserved2;
-	__u32 command_code;
-	__u16 return_code;
-	__u8  used_total;
-	__u8  seq_no;
-	__u32 reserved3;
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+	u32 supp_hw_cmds;
+	u32 reserved1;
+	u16 cmdlength;
+	u16 reserved2;
+	u32 command_code;
+	u16 return_code;
+	u8 used_total;
+	u8 seq_no;
+	u8 flags;
+	u8 reserved3[3];
+};
 
 struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms {
 	struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms_hdr hdr;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 2914a1a69f8300a36c1bf0580094532cb9ccecd4..8d3601891c62db3a58175d645a1ae30933a1520c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -461,12 +461,9 @@ static int qeth_l2_request_initial_mac(struct qeth_card *card)
 		/* fall back to alternative mechanism: */
 	}
 
-	if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD ||
-	    card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSM ||
-	    card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSX ||
-	    card->info.guestlan) {
+	if (!IS_OSN(card)) {
 		rc = qeth_setadpparms_change_macaddr(card);
-		if (!rc)
+		if (!rc && is_valid_ether_addr(card->dev->dev_addr))
 			goto out;
 		QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "READ_MAC Assist failed on device %x: %#x\n",
 				 CARD_DEVID(card), rc);
@@ -917,7 +914,8 @@ static int qeth_l2_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card, bool carrier_ok)
 				       PAGE_SIZE * (QDIO_MAX_ELEMENTS_PER_BUFFER - 1));
 	}
 
-	qeth_l2_request_initial_mac(card);
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(card->dev->dev_addr))
+		qeth_l2_request_initial_mac(card);
 	netif_napi_add(card->dev, &card->napi, qeth_poll, QETH_NAPI_WEIGHT);
 	rc = register_netdev(card->dev);
 	if (!rc && carrier_ok)