diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 29d684ebca6a83d3c29482f82c68d002b80baf79..02c0e1716f641c947a5b906ee82c755e568a4a7c 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
 		dev_uc_del(master, dev->dev_addr);
 
 out:
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+	ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
 
 	return 0;
 }