diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
index 2d4ffed4fa67b246744073fd50aac70b656037f6..3f09c2b65263c324c5bc3d2cd14bd21ce45641e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ static int fec_init(struct eth_device *dev, bd_t* bd)
 	uint32_t base;
 	struct fec_priv *fec = (struct fec_priv *)dev->priv;
 
+	/* Initialize MAC address */
+	fec_set_hwaddr(dev);
+
 	/*
 	 * reserve memory for both buffer descriptor chains at once
 	 * Datasheet forces the startaddress of each chain is 16 byte