wiphy->cipher_suites = mwifiex_cipher_suites;
        wiphy->n_cipher_suites = ARRAY_SIZE(mwifiex_cipher_suites);
 
-       memcpy(wiphy->perm_addr, priv->curr_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       ether_addr_copy(wiphy->perm_addr, adapter->perm_addr);
        wiphy->signal_type = CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_MBM;
        wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_HAVE_AP_SME |
                        WIPHY_FLAG_AP_PROBE_RESP_OFFLOAD |
 
                le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->hw_if_version),
                le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->version));
 
-       if (priv->curr_addr[0] == 0xff)
-               memmove(priv->curr_addr, hw_spec->permanent_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-
+       ether_addr_copy(priv->adapter->perm_addr, hw_spec->permanent_addr);
        adapter->region_code = le16_to_cpu(hw_spec->region_code);
 
        for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_MAX_REGION_CODE; i++)
 
        adapter->ext_scan = false;
        adapter->key_api_major_ver = 0;
        adapter->key_api_minor_ver = 0;
+       memset(adapter->perm_addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
 
        setup_timer(&adapter->wakeup_timer, wakeup_timer_fn,
                    (unsigned long)adapter);
 
        priv->assocresp_idx = MWIFIEX_AUTO_IDX_MASK;
        priv->rsn_idx = MWIFIEX_AUTO_IDX_MASK;
        priv->num_tx_timeout = 0;
+       ether_addr_copy(priv->curr_addr, priv->adapter->perm_addr);
        memcpy(dev->dev_addr, priv->curr_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 
        if (GET_BSS_ROLE(priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA ||
 
        int winner;
        struct device *dev;
        struct wiphy *wiphy;
+       u8 perm_addr[ETH_ALEN];
        bool surprise_removed;
        u32 fw_release_number;
        u16 init_wait_q_woken;