diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
index 0088df970ad6..582092a95afc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static void ks8851_read_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev)
 /**
  * ks8851_init_mac - initialise the mac address
  * @ks: The device structure
+ * @np: The device node pointer
  *
  * Get or create the initial mac address for the device and then set that
  * into the station address register. A mac address supplied in the device
@@ -416,12 +417,12 @@ static void ks8851_read_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev)
  * we try that. If no valid mac address is found we use eth_random_addr()
  * to create a new one.
  */
-static void ks8851_init_mac(struct ks8851_net *ks)
+static void ks8851_init_mac(struct ks8851_net *ks, struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = ks->netdev;
 	const u8 *mac_addr;
 
-	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(ks->spidev->dev.of_node);
+	mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(np);
 	if (!IS_ERR(mac_addr)) {
 		ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
 		ks8851_write_mac_addr(dev);
@@ -1541,7 +1542,7 @@ static int ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	ks->rc_ccr = ks8851_rdreg16(ks, KS_CCR);
 
 	ks8851_read_selftest(ks);
-	ks8851_init_mac(ks);
+	ks8851_init_mac(ks, dev->of_node);
 
 	ret = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (ret) {