diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index 6e776e5433f67bfb96e6a5dda56c46713842436e..d5f4c4d26a9c13b00219c0f9409d8ba560f5d7db 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int r871x_net_set_mac_address(struct net_device *pnetdev, void *p)
 	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 
 	if (padapter->bup == false)
-		memcpy(pnetdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+		ether_addr_copy(pnetdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
 	return 0;
 }