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If ixgbevf is loaded while the corresponding PF interface is down and the driver assigns a random MAC address, that address can be overwritten with the value of hw->mac.perm_addr, which would be 0 at that point. To avoid this case we init hw->mac.perm_addr to the randomly generated address and do not set it unless we receive ACK from ixgbe. Reported-by: John Greene <jogreene@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com> Tested-by: Krishneil Singh <Krishneil.k.singh@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>