diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
index 60aaa850fbd150bc6f914eabb5e350e2bf09f848..c346c021b99939f715c80250580d6f1775eb8953 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -6016,6 +6016,8 @@ static int wl1271_register_hw(struct wl1271 *wl)
 {
 	int ret;
 	u32 oui_addr = 0, nic_addr = 0;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = wl->pdev;
+	struct wlcore_platdev_data *pdev_data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 
 	if (wl->mac80211_registered)
 		return 0;
@@ -6040,6 +6042,27 @@ static int wl1271_register_hw(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		nic_addr = wl->fuse_nic_addr + 1;
 	}
 
+	if (oui_addr == 0xdeadbe && nic_addr == 0xef0000) {
+		wl1271_warning("Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs, derive from fuse instead.\n");
+		if (!strcmp(pdev_data->family->name, "wl18xx")) {
+			wl1271_warning("This default nvs file can be removed from the file system\n");
+		} else {
+			wl1271_warning("Your device performance is not optimized.\n");
+			wl1271_warning("Please use the calibrator tool to configure your device.\n");
+		}
+
+		if (wl->fuse_oui_addr == 0 && wl->fuse_nic_addr == 0) {
+			wl1271_warning("Fuse mac address is zero. using random mac\n");
+			/* Use TI oui and a random nic */
+			oui_addr = WLCORE_TI_OUI_ADDRESS;
+			nic_addr = get_random_int();
+		} else {
+			oui_addr = wl->fuse_oui_addr;
+			/* fuse has the BD_ADDR, the WLAN addresses are the next two */
+			nic_addr = wl->fuse_nic_addr + 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	wl12xx_derive_mac_addresses(wl, oui_addr, nic_addr);
 
 	ret = ieee80211_register_hw(wl->hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
index 2fb38717346f1b11498c455a8366b03fae83ee8a..f8a1fea64e2567c6b368e2fc93a667b1a9bbb0ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/sdio.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static const struct wilink_family_data wl128x_data = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id wlcore_sdio_of_match_table[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
index fdabb9242cca8204a62eaef6308c1551d3cf93a8..62ce54a949e94c7468a7b6bc77257440121ffb80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/spi.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static const struct wilink_family_data wl128x_data = {
 static const struct wilink_family_data wl18xx_data = {
 	.name = "wl18xx",
 	.cfg_name = "ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin",
+	.nvs_name = "ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin",
 };
 
 struct wl12xx_spi_glue {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
index 1827546ba8075778b893d8b7b3521ec61e239703..95fbedc8ea3429a77ae3094b6990fbd01f3305eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 /* wl12xx/wl18xx maximum transmission power (in dBm) */
 #define WLCORE_MAX_TXPWR        25
 
+/* Texas Instruments pre assigned OUI */
+#define WLCORE_TI_OUI_ADDRESS 0x080028
+
 /* forward declaration */
 struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr;
 enum wl_rx_buf_align;