--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+@@ -858,10 +858,13 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_
+ if (stash_len || stash_idx)
+ priv->device_flags |= FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_BUF_STASHING;
+
+- mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
++ err = of_get_mac_address_mtd(np, dev->dev_addr);
++ if (err) {
++ mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
+
+- if (mac_addr)
+- memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
++ if (mac_addr)
++ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
++ }
+
+ if (model && !strcasecmp(model, "TSEC"))
+ priv->device_flags |= FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_GIGABIT |