diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index e40983ca35b46..ff0476c89438e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/aer.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #ifdef CONFIG_IGB_DCA
 #include <linux/dca.h>
 #endif
@@ -2442,9 +2443,11 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/* copy the MAC address out of the NVM */
-	if (hw->mac.ops.read_mac_addr(hw))
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "NVM Read Error\n");
+	if (eth_platform_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, hw->mac.addr)) {
+		/* copy the MAC address out of the NVM */
+		if (hw->mac.ops.read_mac_addr(hw))
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "NVM Read Error\n");
+	}
 
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, hw->mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);