diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
index fbfbf94e0377..a63cc295b979 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nxp/lpc_eth.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@ static int lpc_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	dma_addr_t dma_handle;
 	struct resource *res;
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	int irq, ret;
 
 	/* Setup network interface for RMII or MII mode */
@@ -1347,7 +1348,8 @@ static int lpc_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pldat->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "phy-handle", 0);
 
 	/* Get MAC address from current HW setting (POR state is all zeros) */
-	__lpc_get_mac(pldat, ndev->dev_addr);
+	__lpc_get_mac(pldat, addr);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(ndev, addr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
 		of_get_ethdev_address(np, ndev);