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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 88e084534853dd..a9c418890a1cac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,8 @@ static void ax88179_get_mac_addr(struct usbnet *dev)
if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
eth_hw_addr_set(dev->net, mac);
+ if (!is_local_ether_addr(mac))
+ dev->net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_PERM;
} else {
netdev_info(dev->net, "invalid MAC address, using random\n");
eth_hw_addr_random(dev->net);