{
        struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct virtio_device *vdev = vi->vdev;
-       struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+       int ret;
 
-       if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
-               return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
-       memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
-       dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+       ret = eth_mac_addr(dev, p);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
                vdev->config->set(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config, mac),
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        /* Set up network device as normal. */
-       dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+       dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
        dev->netdev_ops = &virtnet_netdev;
        dev->features = NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;