struct be_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
        struct sockaddr *addr = p;
        int status = 0;
+       u8 current_mac[ETH_ALEN];
+       u32 pmac_id = adapter->pmac_id;
 
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
-       /* MAC addr configuration will be done in hardware for VFs
-        * by their corresponding PFs. Just copy to netdev addr here
-        */
-       if (!be_physfn(adapter))
-               goto netdev_addr;
-
-       status = be_cmd_pmac_del(adapter, adapter->if_handle,
-                               adapter->pmac_id, 0);
+       status = be_cmd_mac_addr_query(adapter, current_mac,
+                       MAC_ADDRESS_TYPE_NETWORK, false, adapter->if_handle);
        if (status)
-               return status;
+               goto err;
 
-       status = be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, (u8 *)addr->sa_data,
+       if (memcmp(addr->sa_data, current_mac, ETH_ALEN)) {
+               status = be_cmd_pmac_add(adapter, (u8 *)addr->sa_data,
                                adapter->if_handle, &adapter->pmac_id, 0);
-netdev_addr:
-       if (!status)
-               memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
+               if (status)
+                       goto err;
 
+               be_cmd_pmac_del(adapter, adapter->if_handle, pmac_id, 0);
+       }
+       memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len);
+       return 0;
+err:
+       dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev, "MAC %pM set Failed\n", addr->sa_data);
        return status;
 }