diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index b8a82b86f909095632c7d5747b9bf25cb81c970e..602dc6668c3af7ce9f6cc4ddd61437ba2f6adf29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ struct qmi_wwan_state {
 /* default ethernet address used by the modem */
 static const u8 default_modem_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x02, 0x50, 0xf3};
 
+static const u8 buggy_fw_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0x00, 0xa0, 0xc6, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+
 /* Make up an ethernet header if the packet doesn't have one.
  *
  * A firmware bug common among several devices cause them to send raw
@@ -332,10 +334,12 @@ static int qmi_wwan_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 		usb_driver_release_interface(driver, info->data);
 	}
 
-	/* Never use the same address on both ends of the link, even
-	 * if the buggy firmware told us to.
+	/* Never use the same address on both ends of the link, even if the
+	 * buggy firmware told us to. Or, if device is assigned the well-known
+	 * buggy firmware MAC address, replace it with a random address,
 	 */
-	if (ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, default_modem_addr))
+	if (ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, default_modem_addr) ||
+	    ether_addr_equal(dev->net->dev_addr, buggy_fw_addr))
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev->net);
 
 	/* make MAC addr easily distinguishable from an IP header */