diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
index ae82a6337a8d..ec740ba12797 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ following format::
 	r             if present, prepend kernel version (release) to the message
 	src-port      source for UDP packets (defaults to 6665)
 	src-ip        source IP to use (interface address)
-	dev           network interface (eth0)
+	dev           network interface name (eth0) or MAC address
 	tgt-port      port for logging agent (6666)
 	tgt-ip        IP address for logging agent
 	tgt-macaddr   ethernet MAC address for logging agent (broadcast)
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ or using IPv6::
 
  insmod netconsole netconsole=@/,@fd00:1:2:3::1/
 
+or using a MAC address to select the egress interface::
+
+   linux netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/22:33:44:55:66:77,9353@10.0.0.2/12:34:56:78:9a:bc
+
 It also supports logging to multiple remote agents by specifying
 parameters for the multiple agents separated by semicolons and the
 complete string enclosed in "quotes", thusly::
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index f6e8abe0b1f1..0477208ed9ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ union inet_addr {
 struct netpoll {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
+	/*
+	 * Either dev_name or dev_mac can be used to specify the local
+	 * interface - dev_name is used if it is a nonempty string, else
+	 * dev_mac is used.
+	 */
 	char dev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
+	u8 dev_mac[ETH_ALEN];
 	const char *name;
 
 	union inet_addr local_ip, remote_ip;
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 3cc3eae9def3..7bc75a4ef5d2 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ void netpoll_print_options(struct netpoll *np)
 		np_info(np, "local IPv6 address %pI6c\n", &np->local_ip.in6);
 	else
 		np_info(np, "local IPv4 address %pI4\n", &np->local_ip.ip);
-	np_info(np, "interface '%s'\n", np->dev_name);
+	np_info(np, "interface name '%s'\n", np->dev_name);
+	np_info(np, "local ethernet address '%pM'\n", np->dev_mac);
 	np_info(np, "remote port %d\n", np->remote_port);
 	if (np->ipv6)
 		np_info(np, "remote IPv6 address %pI6c\n", &np->remote_ip.in6);
@@ -577,11 +578,18 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
 	cur++;
 
 	if (*cur != ',') {
-		/* parse out dev name */
+		/* parse out dev_name or dev_mac */
 		if ((delim = strchr(cur, ',')) == NULL)
 			goto parse_failed;
 		*delim = 0;
-		strscpy(np->dev_name, cur, sizeof(np->dev_name));
+
+		np->dev_name[0] = '\0';
+		eth_broadcast_addr(np->dev_mac);
+		if (!strchr(cur, ':'))
+			strscpy(np->dev_name, cur, sizeof(np->dev_name));
+		else if (!mac_pton(cur, np->dev_mac))
+			goto parse_failed;
+
 		cur = delim;
 	}
 	cur++;
@@ -695,27 +703,45 @@ int __netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np, struct net_device *ndev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__netpoll_setup);
 
+/*
+ * Returns a pointer to a string representation of the identifier used
+ * to select the egress interface for the given netpoll instance. buf
+ * must be a buffer of length at least MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1.
+ */
+static char *egress_dev(struct netpoll *np, char *buf)
+{
+	if (np->dev_name[0])
+		return np->dev_name;
+
+	snprintf(buf, MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN, "%pM", np->dev_mac);
+	return buf;
+}
+
 int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 {
+	struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+	char buf[MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN + 1];
 	struct net_device *ndev = NULL;
 	bool ip_overwritten = false;
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
 	int err;
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	if (np->dev_name[0]) {
-		struct net *net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
+	if (np->dev_name[0])
 		ndev = __dev_get_by_name(net, np->dev_name);
-	}
+	else if (is_valid_ether_addr(np->dev_mac))
+		ndev = dev_getbyhwaddr(net, ARPHRD_ETHER, np->dev_mac);
+
 	if (!ndev) {
-		np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
+		np_err(np, "%s doesn't exist, aborting\n", egress_dev(np, buf));
 		err = -ENODEV;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 	netdev_hold(ndev, &np->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) {
-		np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
+		np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n",
+		       egress_dev(np, buf));
 		err = -EBUSY;
 		goto put;
 	}
@@ -723,7 +749,8 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 	if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
 		unsigned long atmost;
 
-		np_info(np, "device %s not up yet, forcing it\n", np->dev_name);
+		np_info(np, "device %s not up yet, forcing it\n",
+			egress_dev(np, buf));
 
 		err = dev_open(ndev, NULL);
 
@@ -757,7 +784,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 			if (!ifa) {
 put_noaddr:
 				np_err(np, "no IP address for %s, aborting\n",
-				       np->dev_name);
+				       egress_dev(np, buf));
 				err = -EDESTADDRREQ;
 				goto put;
 			}
@@ -788,13 +815,13 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 			}
 			if (err) {
 				np_err(np, "no IPv6 address for %s, aborting\n",
-				       np->dev_name);
+				       egress_dev(np, buf));
 				goto put;
 			} else
 				np_info(np, "local IPv6 %pI6c\n", &np->local_ip.in6);
 #else
 			np_err(np, "IPv6 is not supported %s, aborting\n",
-			       np->dev_name);
+			       egress_dev(np, buf));
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto put;
 #endif