diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
index 98570c61d4de8696d35de3425964e9b84272d910..bb552193e4babca3c8cbdcccd7aeb5a5eb610b71 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_lte.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ static void form_mac_address(u8 *dev_addr, u8 *nic_src, u8 *nic_dest,
 	/* Create random nic src and copy the first
 	 * 3 bytes to be the same as dev_addr
 	 */
-	random_ether_addr(nic_src);
+	eth_random_addr(nic_src);
 	memcpy(nic_src, dev_addr, 3);
 
 	/* Copy the nic_dest from dev_addr*/