diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
index 854571fcfee0..ddb294e7044f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2sta.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
@@ -1544,7 +1545,7 @@ static void prism2sta_inf_authreq_defer(wlandevice_t *wlandev,
 	 ** authentication.
 	 */
 
-	memcpy(rec.address, inf->info.authreq.sta_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	ether_addr_copy(rec.address, inf->info.authreq.sta_addr);
 	rec.status = P80211ENUM_status_unspec_failure;
 
 	/*
@@ -1657,8 +1658,8 @@ static void prism2sta_inf_authreq_defer(wlandevice_t *wlandev,
 			if (hw->authlist.cnt >= WLAN_AUTH_MAX) {
 				rec.status = P80211ENUM_status_ap_full;
 			} else {
-				memcpy(hw->authlist.addr[hw->authlist.cnt],
-				       rec.address, ETH_ALEN);
+				ether_addr_copy(hw->authlist.addr[hw->authlist.cnt],
+						rec.address);
 				hw->authlist.cnt++;
 				added = 1;
 			}