diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index 8f56b2b63bfb..ff41b4d60d30 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -1388,6 +1388,9 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	entry->ldev = dev;
 
+	/* Set the lowpan harware address to the wpan hardware address. */
+	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
+
 	mutex_lock(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
 	list_add_tail(&entry->list, &lowpan_devices);