* working with so we need to copy the current
                 * address into the permanent address
                 */
-               memcpy(adapter->rom_addr,
-                      adapter->addr, ETH_ALEN);
+               ether_addr_copy(adapter->rom_addr, adapter->addr);
        } else {
                /* We do not have an override address, so set the
                 * current address to the permanent address and add
                 * it to the device
                 */
-               memcpy(adapter->addr,
-                      adapter->rom_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+               ether_addr_copy(adapter->addr, adapter->rom_addr);
        }
 }
 
        netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, netdev) {
                if (i == NIC_MAX_MCAST_LIST)
                        break;
-               memcpy(adapter->multicast_list[i++], ha->addr, ETH_ALEN);
+               ether_addr_copy(adapter->multicast_list[i++], ha->addr);
        }
        adapter->multicast_addr_count = i;
 
        et131x_init_send(adapter);
 
        et131x_hwaddr_init(adapter);
-       memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->addr);
 
        /* Init the device with the new settings */
        et131x_adapter_setup(adapter);
        netif_napi_add(netdev, &adapter->napi, et131x_poll, 64);
 
        /* Copy address into the net_device struct */
-       memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->addr);
 
        rc = -ENOMEM;