diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
index f91bf0ddf031a077b89d961ca5cb16c87f8321ac..d50b23cf9ea922e66495c68db0fd3fb830815ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/bpqether.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int bpq_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_ty
 	eth = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (!(bpq->acpt_addr[0] & 0x01) &&
-	    memcmp(eth->h_source, bpq->acpt_addr, ETH_ALEN))
+	    !ether_addr_equal(eth->h_source, bpq->acpt_addr))
 		goto drop_unlock;
 
 	if (skb_cow(skb, sizeof(struct ethhdr)))