diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index d67058afe87ec..a20be56df5539 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2103,6 +2103,11 @@ static void mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address(priv->mdev, 0, netdev->dev_addr);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr) &&
+	    !MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, vport_group_manager)) {
+		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+		mlx5_core_info(priv->mdev, "Assigned random MAC address %pM\n", netdev->dev_addr);
+	}
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_build_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index bee7da822dfe2..ea6a137fd76c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ do {									\
 		(__dev)->priv.name, __func__, __LINE__, current->pid,	\
 		##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define mlx5_core_info(__dev, format, ...)				\
+	dev_info(&(__dev)->pdev->dev, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 enum {
 	MLX5_CMD_DATA, /* print command payload only */
 	MLX5_CMD_TIME, /* print command execution time */