diff --git a/drivers/of/of_net.c b/drivers/of/of_net.c
index d820f3edd431..9649cd53e955 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_net.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_net.c
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/of_net.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 
 /**
  * of_get_phy_mode - Get phy mode for given device_node
@@ -47,12 +49,52 @@ static const void *of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static const void *of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	int ret;
+	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+	struct property *pp;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
+
+	if (!pdev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	ret = nvmem_get_mac_address(&pdev->dev, &mac);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	pp = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pp)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	pp->name = "nvmem-mac-address";
+	pp->length = ETH_ALEN;
+	pp->value = devm_kmemdup(&pdev->dev, mac, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pp->value) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free;
+	}
+
+	ret = of_add_property(np, pp);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free;
+
+	return pp->value;
+free:
+	devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, pp->value);
+	devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, pp);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
 /**
  * Search the device tree for the best MAC address to use.  'mac-address' is
  * checked first, because that is supposed to contain to "most recent" MAC
  * address. If that isn't set, then 'local-mac-address' is checked next,
- * because that is the default address.  If that isn't set, then the obsolete
- * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree.
+ * because that is the default address. If that isn't set, then the obsolete
+ * 'address' is checked, just in case we're using an old device tree. If any
+ * of the above isn't set, then try to get MAC address from nvmem cell named
+ * 'mac-address'.
  *
  * Note that the 'address' property is supposed to contain a virtual address of
  * the register set, but some DTS files have redefined that property to be the
@@ -64,6 +106,8 @@ static const void *of_get_mac_addr(struct device_node *np, const char *name)
  * addresses.  Some older U-Boots only initialized 'local-mac-address'.  In
  * this case, the real MAC is in 'local-mac-address', and 'mac-address' exists
  * but is all zeros.
+ *
+ * Return: Will be a valid pointer on success and ERR_PTR in case of error.
 */
 const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
 {
@@ -77,6 +121,10 @@ const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
 	if (addr)
 		return addr;
 
-	return of_get_mac_addr(np, "address");
+	addr = of_get_mac_addr(np, "address");
+	if (addr)
+		return addr;
+
+	return of_get_mac_addr_nvmem(np);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_mac_address);