diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ac9b70d70829..dbeeedce2c04 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: aa19c2957b425f724efe93f2d5a5858b8aa613d7
+refs/heads/master: 5ac6f91d39e0884813dc010e14552143cd1d0d8b
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index b81a95370914..a59e63040f31 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5197,7 +5197,7 @@ static int igb_vf_configure(struct igb_adapter *adapter, int vf)
 {
 	unsigned char mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
-	eth_random_addr(mac_addr);
+	eth_zero_addr(mac_addr);
 	igb_set_vf_mac(adapter, vf, mac_addr);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -5550,9 +5550,9 @@ static void igb_vf_reset_event(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 {
 	unsigned char *vf_mac = adapter->vf_data[vf].vf_mac_addresses;
 
-	/* generate a new mac address as we were hotplug removed/added */
+	/* clear mac address as we were hotplug removed/added */
 	if (!(adapter->vf_data[vf].flags & IGB_VF_FLAG_PF_SET_MAC))
-		eth_random_addr(vf_mac);
+		eth_zero_addr(vf_mac);
 
 	/* process remaining reset events */
 	igb_vf_reset(adapter, vf);