{
        struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+       uint8_t old_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
+       memcpy(old_addr, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+       memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+
        /* only modify transtable if it has been initialized before */
        if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) == BATADV_MESH_ACTIVE) {
-               batadv_tt_local_remove(bat_priv, dev->dev_addr,
+               batadv_tt_local_remove(bat_priv, old_addr,
                                       "mac address changed", false);
                batadv_tt_local_add(dev, addr->sa_data, BATADV_NULL_IFINDEX);
        }
 
-       memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
        dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
        return 0;
 }