diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
index dc7adc132d12..c51ad9ed4b52 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_mlme.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #define _RTL871X_MLME_C_
 
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+
 #include "osdep_service.h"
 #include "drv_types.h"
 #include "recv_osdep.h"
@@ -146,9 +148,8 @@ static struct wlan_network *_r8712_find_network(struct  __queue *scanned_queue,
 	unsigned long irqL;
 	struct list_head *phead, *plist;
 	struct wlan_network *pnetwork = NULL;
-	u8 zero_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
 
-	if (!memcmp(zero_addr, addr, ETH_ALEN))
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(addr))
 		return NULL;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&scanned_queue->lock, irqL);
 	phead = get_list_head(scanned_queue);