diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
index 57a08c5771f2..8acff44a9e75 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int hostap_enable_hostapd(PSDevice pDevice, int rtnl_locked)
 
 	apdev_priv = netdev_priv(pDevice->apdev);
 	*apdev_priv = *pDevice;
-	memcpy(pDevice->apdev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_inherit(pDevice->apdev, dev);
 
 	pDevice->apdev->netdev_ops = &apdev_netdev_ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c
index 46e0e41e7e60..b5cd2e44e53d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ int private_ioctl(PSDevice pDevice, struct ifreq *rq)
 		}
 		if (sValue.dwValue == 1) {
 			DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "up wpadev\n");
-			memcpy(pDevice->wpadev->dev_addr, pDevice->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+			eth_hw_addr_inherit(pDevice->wpadev, pDevice->dev);
 			pDevice->bWPADEVUp = true;
 		} else {
 			DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "close wpadev\n");
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
index 869f62c678e6..e8d9ecd2913a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int wpa_init_wpadev(PSDevice pDevice)
 
 	wpadev_priv = netdev_priv(pDevice->wpadev);
 	*wpadev_priv = *pDevice;
-	memcpy(pDevice->wpadev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_inherit(pDevice->wpadev, dev);
 	pDevice->wpadev->base_addr = dev->base_addr;
 	pDevice->wpadev->irq = dev->irq;
 	pDevice->wpadev->mem_start = dev->mem_start;