diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
index 5d24c1b6663b7..d5785c0d06b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ int cvm_oct_common_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct octeon_ethernet *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = of_get_mac_address(priv->of_node, dev->dev_addr);
+	ret = of_get_ethdev_address(priv->of_node, dev);
 	if (ret)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);