diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 886176be818e3283cd72a601d064ee41bae869d0..62460a5b4ad936a42405616da77758fccb923ea9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2595,8 +2595,6 @@ static int stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	u32 chan;
 	int ret;
 
-	stmmac_check_ether_addr(priv);
-
 	if (priv->hw->pcs != STMMAC_PCS_RGMII &&
 	    priv->hw->pcs != STMMAC_PCS_TBI &&
 	    priv->hw->pcs != STMMAC_PCS_RTBI) {
@@ -4296,6 +4294,8 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_hw_init;
 
+	stmmac_check_ether_addr(priv);
+
 	/* Configure real RX and TX queues */
 	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(ndev, priv->plat->rx_queues_to_use);
 	netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(ndev, priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use);