diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
index d6f0c0d8cf11ddb395617e2749bbf25329cae42c..9ce07f3ef62d69d5112098a46f1bf88fe33cec62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
@@ -715,8 +715,7 @@ static int ixgbe_set_vf_mac_addr(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 
 	if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].pf_set_mac &&
-	    memcmp(adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mac_addresses, new_mac,
-		   ETH_ALEN)) {
+	    !ether_addr_equal(adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mac_addresses, new_mac)) {
 		e_warn(drv,
 		       "VF %d attempted to override administratively set MAC address\n"
 		       "Reload the VF driver to resume operations\n",