diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 382bebc2420d..479d2835a220 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 		goto rndis_failed;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(net->dev_addr, device_info->mac_adr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(net, device_info->mac_adr);
 
 	/* We must get rtnl lock before scheduling nvdev->subchan_work,
 	 * otherwise netvsc_subchan_work() can get rtnl lock first and wait
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index c0b21a5580d5..cca4a00f1c51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ int ipvlan_link_new(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	 * world but keep using the physical-dev address for the outgoing
 	 * packets.
 	 */
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, phy_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, phy_dev->dev_addr);
 
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_RX_HANDLER;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 35f46ad040b0..63563edfd4a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static void macvlan_hash_change_addr(struct macvlan_dev *vlan,
 	/* Now that we are unhashed it is safe to change the device
 	 * address without confusing packet delivery.
 	 */
-	memcpy(vlan->dev->dev_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(vlan->dev, addr);
 	macvlan_hash_add(vlan);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index ba55851fe132..75204d36d7f9 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void br_stp_change_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br, const unsigned char *addr)
 
 	memcpy(oldaddr, br->bridge_id.addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(br->bridge_id.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(br->dev->dev_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(br->dev, addr);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list) {
 		if (ether_addr_equal(p->designated_bridge.addr, oldaddr))