diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 24eef48bcc06..fc76053d2427 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 82346a7b6a14793a48cc7a0692a007daf0843f99
+refs/heads/master: 6d57e9078e880a3dd232d579f42ac437a8f1ef7b
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index d426336d92d9..b006ba0a9f42 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ static inline void eth_broadcast_addr(u8 *addr)
 	memset(addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_zero_addr - Assign zero address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Assign the zero address to the given address array.
+ */
+static inline void eth_zero_addr(u8 *addr)
+{
+	memset(addr, 0x00, ETH_ALEN);
+}
+
 /**
  * eth_hw_addr_random - Generate software assigned random Ethernet and
  * set device flag