diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 7bba30f24135..059113dce6e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2529,6 +2529,20 @@ static int stmmac_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int stmmac_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *addr)
+{
+	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = eth_mac_addr(ndev, addr);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	priv->hw->mac->set_umac_addr(priv->hw, ndev->dev_addr, 0);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 static struct dentry *stmmac_fs_dir;
 
@@ -2730,7 +2744,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops stmmac_netdev_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	.ndo_poll_controller = stmmac_poll_controller,
 #endif
-	.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
+	.ndo_set_mac_address = stmmac_set_mac_address,
 };
 
 /**