#define MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL(A, B)        \
        ether_addr_equal_64bits((const u8 *)A, (const u8 *)B)
 
-static struct mac_addr null_mac_addr = { { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
+static const u8 null_mac_addr[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
+       0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+};
 static u16 ad_ticks_per_sec;
 static const int ad_delta_in_ticks = (AD_TIMER_INTERVAL * HZ) / 1000;
 
-static const u8 lacpdu_mcast_addr[ETH_ALEN] = MULTICAST_LACPDU_ADDR;
+static const u8 lacpdu_mcast_addr[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned =
+       MULTICAST_LACPDU_ADDR;
 
 /* ================= main 802.3ad protocol functions ================== */
 static int ad_lacpdu_send(struct port *port);
                aggregator->is_individual = false;
                aggregator->actor_admin_aggregator_key = 0;
                aggregator->actor_oper_aggregator_key = 0;
-               aggregator->partner_system = null_mac_addr;
+               eth_zero_addr(aggregator->partner_system.mac_addr_value);
                aggregator->partner_system_priority = 0;
                aggregator->partner_oper_aggregator_key = 0;
                aggregator->receive_state = 0;
        if (aggregator) {
                ad_clear_agg(aggregator);
 
-               aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = null_mac_addr;
+               eth_zero_addr(aggregator->aggregator_mac_address.mac_addr_value);
                aggregator->aggregator_identifier = 0;
                aggregator->slave = NULL;
        }
 
 
 
 
-#ifndef __long_aligned
-#define __long_aligned __attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))
-#endif
-static const u8 mac_bcast[ETH_ALEN] __long_aligned = {
+static const u8 mac_bcast[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
        0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
 };
-static const u8 mac_v6_allmcast[ETH_ALEN] __long_aligned = {
+static const u8 mac_v6_allmcast[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
        0x33, 0x33, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01
 };
 static const int alb_delta_in_ticks = HZ / ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC;
 
 
 #define BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON    100
 
+#ifndef __long_aligned
+#define __long_aligned __attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))
+#endif
 /*
  * Less bad way to call ioctl from within the kernel; this needs to be
  * done some other way to get the call out of interrupt context.
        struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_packets_per_slave;
        u16 ad_actor_sys_prio;
        u16 ad_user_port_key;
-       u8 ad_actor_system[ETH_ALEN];
+
+       /* 2 bytes of padding : see ether_addr_equal_64bits() */
+       u8 ad_actor_system[ETH_ALEN + 2];
 };
 
 struct bond_parm_tbl {