diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index e7a223ea6c25..6f427113d621 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct i40evf_adapter {
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_RESET_NEEDED                 BIT(10)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE		BIT(11)
 #define I40EVF_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE	BIT(12)
+#define I40EVF_FLAG_ADDR_SET_BY_PF		BIT(13)
 /* duplicates for common code */
 #define I40E_FLAG_FDIR_ATR_ENABLED		 0
 #define I40E_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED			 0
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index c00e4959f026..7ea7d2edb534 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -841,6 +841,15 @@ static int i40evf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
 	if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (adapter->flags & I40EVF_FLAG_ADDR_SET_BY_PF)
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	f = i40evf_find_filter(adapter, hw->mac.addr);
+	if (f) {
+		f->remove = true;
+		adapter->aq_required |= I40EVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_MAC_FILTER;
+	}
+
 	f = i40evf_add_filter(adapter, addr->sa_data);
 	if (f) {
 		ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, addr->sa_data);
@@ -2244,10 +2253,13 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr)) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC address %pM, using random\n",
 			 adapter->hw.mac.addr);
-		random_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr);
+		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+		ether_addr_copy(adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->dev_addr);
+	} else {
+		adapter->flags |= I40EVF_FLAG_ADDR_SET_BY_PF;
+		ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
+		ether_addr_copy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
 	}
-	ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
-	ether_addr_copy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
 
 	init_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	adapter->watchdog_timer.function = &i40evf_watchdog_timer;