diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 3b945d6369c4..41f0a696a65f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -650,6 +650,15 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (br_fdb_insert(br, p, dev->dev_addr, 0))
 		netdev_err(dev, "failed insert local address bridge forwarding table\n");
 
+	if (br->dev->addr_assign_type != NET_ADDR_SET) {
+		/* Ask for permission to use this MAC address now, even if we
+		 * don't end up choosing it below.
+		 */
+		err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(br->dev, dev->dev_addr, extack);
+		if (err)
+			goto err7;
+	}
+
 	err = nbp_vlan_init(p, extack);
 	if (err) {
 		netdev_err(dev, "failed to initialize vlan filtering on this port\n");