diff --git a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
index afcdda944d..e068d0c8c5 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
+++ b/arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@
 	eth_5: eth@10003000 {
 		compatible = "sandbox,eth";
 		reg = <0x10003000 0x1000>;
-		mac-address = [ 02 00 11 22 33 46 ];
+		nvmem-cells = <&eth5_addr>;
+		nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
 	};
 
 	eth_3: sbe5 {
@@ -913,7 +914,13 @@
 	};
 
 	misc-test {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <1>;
 		compatible = "sandbox,misc_sandbox";
+
+		eth5_addr: mac-address@10 {
+			reg = <0x10 6>;
+		};
 	};
 
 	mmc2 {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/misc_sandbox.c b/drivers/misc/misc_sandbox.c
index 0e4292fd0a..31cde2dbac 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/misc_sandbox.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/misc_sandbox.c
@@ -112,8 +112,11 @@ static const struct misc_ops misc_sandbox_ops = {
 int misc_sandbox_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct misc_sandbox_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	/* For eth5 */
+	const u8 mac[] = { 0x02, 0x00, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x46 };
 
 	priv->enabled = true;
+	memcpy(&priv->mem[16], mac, sizeof(mac));
 
 	return 0;
 }