diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
index b93062d..b51c81a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.c
@@ -771,20 +771,24 @@
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-static int ethoc_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
+static void ethoc_do_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ethoc *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	u8 *mac = (u8 *)addr;
-
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
-		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+	unsigned char *mac = dev->dev_addr;
 
 	ethoc_write(priv, MAC_ADDR0, (mac[2] << 24) | (mac[3] << 16) |
 				     (mac[4] <<  8) | (mac[5] <<  0));
 	ethoc_write(priv, MAC_ADDR1, (mac[0] <<  8) | (mac[1] <<  0));
+}
 
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+static int ethoc_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+	const struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+	ethoc_do_set_mac_address(dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1060,11 +1064,7 @@
 		random_mac = true;
 	}
 
-	ret = ethoc_set_mac_address(netdev, netdev->dev_addr);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&netdev->dev, "failed to set MAC address\n");
-		goto error;
-	}
+	ethoc_do_set_mac_address(netdev);
 
 	if (random_mac)
 		netdev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;