diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e4ff0adf5523..69a3e544676c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8781,14 +8781,14 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	if (!memcmp(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len))
-		return 0;
 	err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, sa->sa_data, extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (memcmp(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len)) {
+		err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 	dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
 	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
 	add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);