diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index c501b5974aeefb31f97ca691defc854f7a9ddd05..cc79343cd220acc0b8d43e054234bb5b1effdfdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3177,12 +3177,16 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	dev->max_mtu = MAX_MTU;
 
 	/* Configuration may specify what MAC to use.  Otherwise random. */
-	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC)) {
+		u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+
 		virtio_cread_bytes(vdev,
 				   offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
-				   dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
-	else
+				   addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
+	} else {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+	}
 
 	/* Set up our device-specific information */
 	vi = netdev_priv(dev);