static ssize_t show_local_mac(struct netconsole_target *nt, char *buf)
 {
+       struct net_device *dev = nt->np.dev;
+
        DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mac);
        return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n",
-                       print_mac(mac, nt->np.local_mac));
+                       print_mac(mac, dev->dev_addr));
 }
 
 static ssize_t show_remote_mac(struct netconsole_target *nt, char *buf)
        struct netconsole_target *nt;
        struct net_device *dev = ptr;
 
-       if (!(event == NETDEV_CHANGEADDR || event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME))
+       if (!(event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME))
                goto done;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
                netconsole_target_get(nt);
                if (nt->np.dev == dev) {
                        switch (event) {
-                       case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
-                               memcpy(nt->np.local_mac, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-                               break;
-
                        case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
                                strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
                                break;
 
 
        u32 local_ip, remote_ip;
        u16 local_port, remote_port;
-       u8 local_mac[ETH_ALEN], remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
+       u8 remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
 };
 
 struct netpoll_info {
 
        eth = (struct ethhdr *) skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
        skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
        skb->protocol = eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
-       memcpy(eth->h_source, np->local_mac, 6);
-       memcpy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac, 6);
+       memcpy(eth->h_source, np->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       memcpy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac, ETH_ALEN);
 
        skb->dev = np->dev;
 
 
        /* Fill the device header for the ARP frame */
        if (dev_hard_header(send_skb, skb->dev, ptype,
-                           sha, np->local_mac,
+                           sha, np->dev->dev_addr,
                            send_skb->len) < 0) {
                kfree_skb(send_skb);
                return;
                }
        }
 
-       if (is_zero_ether_addr(np->local_mac) && ndev->dev_addr)
-               memcpy(np->local_mac, ndev->dev_addr, 6);
-
        if (!np->local_ip) {
                rcu_read_lock();
                in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(ndev);