diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index ea2a2b548e3c85f380fef916827df61ce45329e9..25f1337cd02c813e6ed5bfe0fcea21608e94b8ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -2082,6 +2082,11 @@ static int __devinit b44_get_invariants(struct b44 *bp)
 		addr = sdev->bus->sprom.et0mac;
 		bp->phy_addr = sdev->bus->sprom.et0phyaddr;
 	}
+	/* Some ROMs have buggy PHY addresses with the high
+	 * bits set (sign extension?). Truncate them to a
+	 * valid PHY address. */
+	bp->phy_addr &= 0x1F;
+
 	memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, addr, 6);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(&bp->dev->dev_addr[0])){