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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index d811462ab9b..9cb04e29ad1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -4974,6 +4974,10 @@ static void igb_vf_reset_msg(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
static int igb_set_vf_mac_addr(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 *msg, int vf)
{
+ /*
+ * The VF MAC Address is stored in a packed array of bytes
+ * starting at the second 32 bit word of the msg array
+ */
unsigned char *addr = (char *)&msg[1];
int err = -1;