3 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
index 71b3d7daa21..5b0d9931c72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ static int atl1_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* copy the MAC address out of the EEPROM */
 	if (atl1_read_mac_addr(&adapter->hw)) {
 		/* mark random mac */
-		netdev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+		netdev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 	}
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
index aab83a2d4e0..1278b47022e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c
@@ -1433,14 +1433,7 @@ static int atl2_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	/* copy the MAC address out of the EEPROM */
 	atl2_read_mac_addr(&adapter->hw);
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-/* FIXME: do we still need this? */
-#ifdef ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR
-	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac_addr, netdev->addr_len);
-
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->perm_addr)) {
-#else
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr)) {
-#endif
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto err_eeprom;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
index 77ffbc4a507..f82eb169946 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atlx.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static int atlx_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
 	memcpy(adapter->hw.mac_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
-	netdev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 
 	atlx_set_mac_addr(&adapter->hw);
 	return 0;