diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9512d345d0fb..cad6ad5f4a5a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5d82c53a380ca96421a714481c9113ba54ede609
+refs/heads/master: 2fcf282471f04f465d0368e46e973e01504292b3
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 236d15841812..cd5fb40d3fd4 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ static int ieee80211_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	int err;
 
 	/* fail early if user set an invalid address */
-	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr) &&
-	    !is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	err = ieee80211_check_concurrent_iface(sdata, sdata->vif.type);