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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index e1e9eff096d0..2932a40060c1 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ static inline void ether_addr_copy(u8 *dst, const u8 *src)
}
/**
+ * eth_hw_addr_set - Assign Ethernet address to a net_device
+ * @dev: pointer to net_device structure
+ * @addr: address to assign
+ *
+ * Assign given address to the net_device, addr_assign_type is not changed.
+ */
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_set(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *addr)
+{
+ ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr);
+}
+
+/**
* eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
* @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
* @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from