diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 323ed40d7d1cf8b5928cb6a2bd56eda74a3854b9..b76ebbdbafd12ee1c80a049e385a636d247a2b2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@ static struct ehea_port *ehea_setup_single_port(struct ehea_adapter *adapter,
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, port_dev);
 
 	/* initialize net_device structure */
-	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, &port->mac_addr);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, (u8 *)&port->mac_addr);
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &ehea_netdev_ops;
 	ehea_set_ethtool_ops(dev);