diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 0b0f1c407a7e87568c3f1f6f807208fe64ab4f46..f42c23f426522aff9f08ecb266925f22f82afc36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,11 @@ dm9000_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < 6; i += 2)
 		dm9000_read_eeprom(db, i / 2, ndev->dev_addr+i);
 
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr) && pdata != NULL) {
+		mac_src = "platform data";
+		memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, pdata->dev_addr, 6);
+	}
+
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(ndev->dev_addr)) {
 		/* try reading from mac */
 		
diff --git a/include/linux/dm9000.h b/include/linux/dm9000.h
index fc82446b64255d7fe7c16ba9edb67c2d049b9bf4..c30879cf93bc7f522f25579d3e7fbbc59ae60e00 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm9000.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm9000.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 struct dm9000_plat_data {
 	unsigned int	flags;
+	unsigned char	dev_addr[6];
 
 	/* allow replacement IO routines */