diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 622aa75904c4e..1b326cbcd34b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mac = of_get_mac_address(pdev->dev.of_node);
 
-	if (mac && is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+	if (mac)
 		memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
 	else
 		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);