--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
-@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
- * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
- */
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ #include <linux/io.h>
+ #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
#include "hw.h"
-@@ -431,8 +432,16 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct
+@@ -443,8 +444,16 @@ static int ath9k_hw_init_macaddr(struct
common->macaddr[2 * i] = eeval >> 8;
common->macaddr[2 * i + 1] = eeval & 0xff;
}
- if (sum == 0 || sum == 0xffff * 3)
- return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(common->macaddr)) {
-+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
++ ath_err(common,
+ "eeprom contains invalid mac address: %pM\n",
+ common->macaddr);
+
+ random_ether_addr(common->macaddr);
-+ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_EEPROM,
++ ath_err(common,
+ "random mac address will be used: %pM\n",
+ common->macaddr);
+ }