diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 32d486114a6d09..e9518b98914b45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -3942,7 +3942,8 @@ static int tg3_load_tso_firmware(struct tg3 *tp)
 }
 
 /* tp->lock is held. */
-static void __tg3_set_one_mac_addr(struct tg3 *tp, u8 *mac_addr, int index)
+static void __tg3_set_one_mac_addr(struct tg3 *tp, const u8 *mac_addr,
+				   int index)
 {
 	u32 addr_high, addr_low;
 
@@ -16910,19 +16911,18 @@ static int tg3_get_invariants(struct tg3 *tp, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int tg3_get_device_address(struct tg3 *tp)
+static int tg3_get_device_address(struct tg3 *tp, u8 *addr)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = tp->dev;
 	u32 hi, lo, mac_offset;
 	int addr_ok = 0;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!eth_platform_get_mac_address(&tp->pdev->dev, dev->dev_addr))
+	if (!eth_platform_get_mac_address(&tp->pdev->dev, addr))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (tg3_flag(tp, IS_SSB_CORE)) {
-		err = ssb_gige_get_macaddr(tp->pdev, &dev->dev_addr[0]);
-		if (!err && is_valid_ether_addr(&dev->dev_addr[0]))
+		err = ssb_gige_get_macaddr(tp->pdev, addr);
+		if (!err && is_valid_ether_addr(addr))
 			return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -16946,41 +16946,41 @@ static int tg3_get_device_address(struct tg3 *tp)
 	/* First try to get it from MAC address mailbox. */
 	tg3_read_mem(tp, NIC_SRAM_MAC_ADDR_HIGH_MBOX, &hi);
 	if ((hi >> 16) == 0x484b) {
-		dev->dev_addr[0] = (hi >>  8) & 0xff;
-		dev->dev_addr[1] = (hi >>  0) & 0xff;
+		addr[0] = (hi >>  8) & 0xff;
+		addr[1] = (hi >>  0) & 0xff;
 
 		tg3_read_mem(tp, NIC_SRAM_MAC_ADDR_LOW_MBOX, &lo);
-		dev->dev_addr[2] = (lo >> 24) & 0xff;
-		dev->dev_addr[3] = (lo >> 16) & 0xff;
-		dev->dev_addr[4] = (lo >>  8) & 0xff;
-		dev->dev_addr[5] = (lo >>  0) & 0xff;
+		addr[2] = (lo >> 24) & 0xff;
+		addr[3] = (lo >> 16) & 0xff;
+		addr[4] = (lo >>  8) & 0xff;
+		addr[5] = (lo >>  0) & 0xff;
 
 		/* Some old bootcode may report a 0 MAC address in SRAM */
-		addr_ok = is_valid_ether_addr(&dev->dev_addr[0]);
+		addr_ok = is_valid_ether_addr(addr);
 	}
 	if (!addr_ok) {
 		/* Next, try NVRAM. */
 		if (!tg3_flag(tp, NO_NVRAM) &&
 		    !tg3_nvram_read_be32(tp, mac_offset + 0, &hi) &&
 		    !tg3_nvram_read_be32(tp, mac_offset + 4, &lo)) {
-			memcpy(&dev->dev_addr[0], ((char *)&hi) + 2, 2);
-			memcpy(&dev->dev_addr[2], (char *)&lo, sizeof(lo));
+			memcpy(&addr[0], ((char *)&hi) + 2, 2);
+			memcpy(&addr[2], (char *)&lo, sizeof(lo));
 		}
 		/* Finally just fetch it out of the MAC control regs. */
 		else {
 			hi = tr32(MAC_ADDR_0_HIGH);
 			lo = tr32(MAC_ADDR_0_LOW);
 
-			dev->dev_addr[5] = lo & 0xff;
-			dev->dev_addr[4] = (lo >> 8) & 0xff;
-			dev->dev_addr[3] = (lo >> 16) & 0xff;
-			dev->dev_addr[2] = (lo >> 24) & 0xff;
-			dev->dev_addr[1] = hi & 0xff;
-			dev->dev_addr[0] = (hi >> 8) & 0xff;
+			addr[5] = lo & 0xff;
+			addr[4] = (lo >> 8) & 0xff;
+			addr[3] = (lo >> 16) & 0xff;
+			addr[2] = (lo >> 24) & 0xff;
+			addr[1] = hi & 0xff;
+			addr[0] = (hi >> 8) & 0xff;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(&dev->dev_addr[0]))
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -17556,6 +17556,7 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	char str[40];
 	u64 dma_mask, persist_dma_mask;
 	netdev_features_t features = 0;
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err) {
@@ -17778,12 +17779,13 @@ static int tg3_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		tp->rx_pending = 63;
 	}
 
-	err = tg3_get_device_address(tp);
+	err = tg3_get_device_address(tp, addr);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 			"Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting\n");
 		goto err_out_apeunmap;
 	}
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
 
 	intmbx = MAILBOX_INTERRUPT_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW;
 	rcvmbx = MAILBOX_RCVRET_CON_IDX_0 + TG3_64BIT_REG_LOW;