diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
index 519a65452d90c6e77c534f24665065439508b708..659f7b25ea1ab613f777360e4ca40c21f876958a 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan_rtnl.c
@@ -206,19 +206,6 @@ iphc_decompress(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ieee802154_hdr *hdr)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static int lowpan_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
-{
-	struct sockaddr *sa = p;
-
-	if (netif_running(dev))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
-	/* TODO: validate addr */
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff*
 lowpan_alloc_frag(struct sk_buff *skb, int size,
 		  const struct ieee802154_hdr *master_hdr)
@@ -474,7 +461,6 @@ static int lowpan_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 static const struct net_device_ops lowpan_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_init		= lowpan_dev_init,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= lowpan_xmit,
-	.ndo_set_mac_address	= lowpan_set_address,
 };
 
 static struct ieee802154_mlme_ops lowpan_mlme = {