diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ed1c281b39e8..6c71aa3012b5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6f2e154b68b9321d958391bc0b1ffc2b90d57d71
+refs/heads/master: 85e6b8c5d8be1e901b5402bfe42ce408912ab83e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/trunk/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 2d4c4fc1d900..c30935587207 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1592,10 +1592,15 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			ndev->dev_addr[i] = ior(db, i+DM9000_PAR);
 	}
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr))
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
 		dev_warn(db->dev, "%s: Invalid ethernet MAC address. Please "
 			 "set using ifconfig\n", ndev->name);
 
+		random_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr);
+		mac_src = "random";
+	}
+
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
 	ret = register_netdev(ndev);