--- a/include/linux/rt2x00_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/rt2x00_platform.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 struct rt2x00_platform_data {
 	char *eeprom_file_name;
+	const u8 *mac_address;
 
 	int disable_2ghz;
 	int disable_5ghz;
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00dev.c
@@ -825,6 +825,18 @@ static void rt2x00lib_rate(struct ieee80
 		entry->flags |= IEEE80211_RATE_SHORT_PREAMBLE;
 }
 
+const u8 *rt2x00lib_get_mac_address(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
+{
+	struct rt2x00_platform_data *pdata;
+
+	pdata = rt2x00dev->dev->platform_data;
+	if (!pdata)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return pdata->mac_address;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00lib_get_mac_address);
+
 static int rt2x00lib_probe_hw_modes(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				    struct hw_mode_spec *spec)
 {
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -1280,6 +1280,7 @@ static inline void rt2x00debug_dump_fram
  */
 u32 rt2x00lib_get_bssidx(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 			 struct ieee80211_vif *vif);
+const u8 *rt2x00lib_get_mac_address(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev);
 
 /*
  * Interrupt context handlers.
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -2392,6 +2392,7 @@ static int rt61pci_validate_eeprom(struc
 	u32 reg;
 	u16 word;
 	u8 *mac;
+	const u8 *pdata_mac;
 	s8 value;
 
 	rt2x00pci_register_read(rt2x00dev, E2PROM_CSR, &reg);
@@ -2412,7 +2413,11 @@ static int rt61pci_validate_eeprom(struc
 	/*
 	 * Start validation of the data that has been read.
 	 */
+	pdata_mac = rt2x00lib_get_mac_address(rt2x00dev);
 	mac = rt2x00_eeprom_addr(rt2x00dev, EEPROM_MAC_ADDR_0);
+	if (pdata_mac)
+		memcpy(mac, pdata_mac, 6);
+
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
 		eth_random_addr(mac);
 		EEPROM(rt2x00dev, "MAC: %pM\n", mac);
