8 files changed, 7 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index a59f0779e1c3..ec800b093e7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -2928,8 +2928,7 @@ static int e100_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	e100_phy_init(nic);
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, nic->eeprom, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, nic->eeprom, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		if (!eeprom_bad_csum_allow) {
 			netif_err(nic, probe, nic->netdev, "Invalid MAC address from EEPROM, aborting\n");
 			err = -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 294da56b824c..b20fff134378 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1123,9 +1123,8 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	}
 	/* don't block initalization here due to bad MAC address */
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr))
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr))
 		e_err(probe, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index fbf75fdca994..337644dda14d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -6228,11 +6228,10 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 			"NVM Read Error while reading MAC address\n");
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC Address: %pM\n",
-			netdev->perm_addr);
+			netdev->dev_addr);
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_eeprom;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 31cfe2ec75df..a0a31b55a073 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2022,9 +2022,8 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "NVM Read Error\n");
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_eeprom;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 53281ff17315..8f66d459218f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -2757,8 +2757,6 @@ static int igbvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_hw_init;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, netdev->dev_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-
 	setup_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, &igbvf_watchdog,
 	            (unsigned long) adapter);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index ae96c10251be..c7564123dd31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -500,9 +500,8 @@ ixgb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	}
 
 	ixgb_get_ee_mac_addr(&adapter->hw, netdev->dev_addr);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, netdev->dev_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		netif_err(adapter, probe, adapter->netdev, "Invalid MAC Address\n");
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_eeprom;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 20a5af6d87d0..20d6764cedc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7444,9 +7444,8 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	}
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.perm_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, hw->mac.perm_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		e_dev_err("invalid MAC address\n");
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_sw_init;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 257357ae66c3..c27d9867e20d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3328,8 +3328,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_sw_init;
 
 	/* The HW MAC address was set and/or determined in sw_init */
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
-
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
 		pr_err("invalid MAC address\n");
 		err = -EIO;