diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index b68dde09bf4b8111ba0ac01a6bed57b6513822a8..60b927eab2b1b0ee94f706f5f7f1e41732623fc3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static void update_mclist_flags(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry(dst_tmp, dst, list) {
 		found = false;
 		list_for_each_entry(src_tmp, src, list) {
-			if (!memcmp(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr, ETH_ALEN)) {
+			if (ether_addr_equal(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr)) {
 				found = true;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static void update_mclist_flags(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	list_for_each_entry(src_tmp, src, list) {
 		found = false;
 		list_for_each_entry(dst_tmp, dst, list) {
-			if (!memcmp(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr, ETH_ALEN)) {
+			if (ether_addr_equal(dst_tmp->addr, src_tmp->addr)) {
 				dst_tmp->action = MCLIST_NONE;
 				found = true;
 				break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
index 2f3f2bc7f2837e2d7eef7c42ced3a2ffad8f0e56..2e3232cad0ae27573d7679936933492206939c49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c
@@ -3634,7 +3634,7 @@ static int validate_eth_header_mac(int slave, struct _rule_hw *eth_header,
 	    !is_broadcast_ether_addr(eth_header->eth.dst_mac)) {
 		list_for_each_entry_safe(res, tmp, rlist, list) {
 			be_mac = cpu_to_be64(res->mac << 16);
-			if (!memcmp(&be_mac, eth_header->eth.dst_mac, ETH_ALEN))
+			if (ether_addr_equal((u8 *)&be_mac, eth_header->eth.dst_mac))
 				return 0;
 		}
 		pr_err("MAC %pM doesn't belong to VF %d, Steering rule rejected\n",