diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 1013a2a8ec0094c231745c964352686a0adc2d69..e95220a2638d4205d17040caf77a5b65d7360735 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2961,6 +2961,7 @@ static int qeth_l3_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card)
 	card->dev->vlan_rx_add_vid = qeth_l3_vlan_rx_add_vid;
 	card->dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid = qeth_l3_vlan_rx_kill_vid;
 	card->dev->mtu = card->info.initial_mtu;
+	card->dev->set_mac_address = NULL;
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(card->dev, &qeth_l3_ethtool_ops);
 	card->dev->features |=	NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX |
 				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX |