diff --git a/arch/m68k/emu/nfeth.c b/arch/m68k/emu/nfeth.c
index 79e55421cfb18a8499f4f547df3d0cd924355984..1a5d1e8eb4c8083939de0e238b74e06cff1e4176 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/emu/nfeth.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/emu/nfeth.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static struct net_device * __init nfeth_probe(int unit)
 	dev->irq = nfEtherIRQ;
 	dev->netdev_ops = &nfeth_netdev_ops;
 
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, mac);
 
 	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	priv->ethX = unit;
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
index 4986226a5ab267892f5ac738d9742dc72bd54668..8b806d305948e5810a6d3535671498935f860e54 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/network.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ static int iss_net_set_mac(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(hwaddr->sa_data))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 	spin_lock_bh(&lp->lock);
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, hwaddr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, hwaddr->sa_data);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&lp->lock);
 	return 0;
 }