diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c
index 60a70e9730a0e2875401a967ced298c3b02536b8..6190a81b7c3217ea9e56dfb41114fb144cb06883 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pci.c
@@ -1776,8 +1776,8 @@ static int fm10k_sw_init(struct fm10k_intfc *interface,
 		netdev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
+	ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.addr);
+	ether_addr_copy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac.addr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC Address\n");