diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 92da38cd2fa5..8edfa3daee13 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6539fefd9bec5faf948b03aec9f9078691d0be6b
+refs/heads/master: 3e714ad3c2a07ee120044b72222cc20c14959efb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
index bd72b8167df9..65580b405942 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000e/lib.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ s32 e1000_check_alt_mac_addr_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	}
 
 	/* if multicast bit is set, the alternate address will not be used */
-	if (alt_mac_addr[0] & 0x01) {
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(alt_mac_addr)) {
 		e_dbg("Ignoring Alternate Mac Address with MC bit set\n");
 		goto out;
 	}