diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d7fa8b683ac2..683e7fad0190 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e044a651b9b7b1b33d8b7fdb2bb27e443f392083
+refs/heads/master: ad7eee98bef92481581060801bdfd1b25a6106c0
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 3d406e0ede6d..98a27cccedfd 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
 	addr [0] |= 0x02;	/* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_broadcast_addr - Assign broadcast address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Assign the broadcast address to the given address array.
+ */
+static inline void eth_broadcast_addr(u8 *addr)
+{
+	memset(addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
+}
+
 /**
  * eth_hw_addr_random - Generate software assigned random Ethernet and
  * set device flag