diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
index 23be4dbac7ed..6bc964fdacbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
@@ -819,6 +819,9 @@ s32 ixgbe_reset_hw_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	/* Store the permanent mac address */
 	hw->mac.ops.get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.perm_addr);
 
+	/* Store the permanent SAN mac address */
+	hw->mac.ops.get_san_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.san_addr);
+
 reset_hw_out:
 	return status;
 }
@@ -1294,6 +1297,75 @@ s32 ixgbe_get_device_caps_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u16 *device_caps)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ *  ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset_82599 - SAN MAC address offset for 82599
+ *  @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ *  @san_mac_offset: SAN MAC address offset
+ *
+ *  This function will read the EEPROM location for the SAN MAC address
+ *  pointer, and returns the value at that location.  This is used in both
+ *  get and set mac_addr routines.
+ **/
+s32 ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
+                                        u16 *san_mac_offset)
+{
+	/*
+	 * First read the EEPROM pointer to see if the MAC addresses are
+	 * available.
+	 */
+	hw->eeprom.ops.read(hw, IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PTR, san_mac_offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *  ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_82599 - SAN MAC address retrieval for 82599
+ *  @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ *  @san_mac_addr: SAN MAC address
+ *
+ *  Reads the SAN MAC address from the EEPROM, if it's available.  This is
+ *  per-port, so set_lan_id() must be called before reading the addresses.
+ *  set_lan_id() is called by identify_sfp(), but this cannot be relied
+ *  upon for non-SFP connections, so we must call it here.
+ **/
+s32 ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u8 *san_mac_addr)
+{
+	u16 san_mac_data, san_mac_offset;
+	u8 i;
+
+	/*
+	 * First read the EEPROM pointer to see if the MAC addresses are
+	 * available.  If they're not, no point in calling set_lan_id() here.
+	 */
+	ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_offset_82599(hw, &san_mac_offset);
+
+	if ((san_mac_offset == 0) || (san_mac_offset == 0xFFFF)) {
+		/*
+		 * No addresses available in this EEPROM.  It's not an
+		 * error though, so just wipe the local address and return.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+			san_mac_addr[i] = 0xFF;
+
+		goto san_mac_addr_out;
+	}
+
+	/* make sure we know which port we need to program */
+	hw->mac.ops.set_lan_id(hw);
+	/* apply the port offset to the address offset */
+	(hw->bus.func) ? (san_mac_offset += IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PORT1_OFFSET) :
+	                 (san_mac_offset += IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PORT0_OFFSET);
+	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+		hw->eeprom.ops.read(hw, san_mac_offset, &san_mac_data);
+		san_mac_addr[i * 2] = (u8)(san_mac_data);
+		san_mac_addr[i * 2 + 1] = (u8)(san_mac_data >> 8);
+		san_mac_offset++;
+	}
+
+san_mac_addr_out:
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct ixgbe_mac_operations mac_ops_82599 = {
 	.init_hw                = &ixgbe_init_hw_generic,
 	.reset_hw               = &ixgbe_reset_hw_82599,
@@ -1303,6 +1375,7 @@ static struct ixgbe_mac_operations mac_ops_82599 = {
 	.get_supported_physical_layer = &ixgbe_get_supported_physical_layer_82599,
 	.enable_rx_dma          = &ixgbe_enable_rx_dma_82599,
 	.get_mac_addr           = &ixgbe_get_mac_addr_generic,
+	.get_san_mac_addr       = &ixgbe_get_san_mac_addr_82599,
 	.get_device_caps        = &ixgbe_get_device_caps_82599,
 	.stop_adapter           = &ixgbe_stop_adapter_generic,
 	.get_bus_info           = &ixgbe_get_bus_info_generic,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index d69a0526f24d..fe0ac8bdb10b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4799,6 +4799,48 @@ static int ixgbe_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
 	return mdio_mii_ioctl(&adapter->hw.phy.mdio, if_mii(req), cmd);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev - Add the SAN MAC address to the corresponding
+ * netdev->dev_addr_list
+ * @netdev: network interface device structure
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero on failure
+ **/
+static int ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ixgbe_mac_info *mac = &adapter->hw.mac;
+
+	if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac->san_addr)) {
+		rtnl_lock();
+		err = dev_addr_add(dev, mac->san_addr, NETDEV_HW_ADDR_T_SAN);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev - Removes the SAN MAC address to the corresponding
+ * netdev->dev_addr_list
+ * @netdev: network interface device structure
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero on failure
+ **/
+static int ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct ixgbe_mac_info *mac = &adapter->hw.mac;
+
+	if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac->san_addr)) {
+		rtnl_lock();
+		err = dev_addr_del(dev, mac->san_addr, NETDEV_HW_ADDR_T_SAN);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 /*
  * Polling 'interrupt' - used by things like netconsole to send skbs
@@ -5159,6 +5201,8 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		ixgbe_setup_dca(adapter);
 	}
 #endif
+	/* add san mac addr to netdev */
+	ixgbe_add_sanmac_netdev(netdev);
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection\n");
 	cards_found++;
@@ -5229,6 +5273,10 @@ static void __devexit ixgbe_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		ixgbe_cleanup_fcoe(adapter);
 
 #endif /* IXGBE_FCOE */
+
+	/* remove the added san mac */
+	ixgbe_del_sanmac_netdev(netdev);
+
 	if (netdev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
 		unregister_netdev(netdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
index 38f835da4b90..cb73b30f6c43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@
 #define IXGBE_PBANUM0_PTR       0x15
 #define IXGBE_PBANUM1_PTR       0x16
 #define IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS       0x2C
+#define IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PTR  0x28
 #define IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_82599_CAPS  0x72
 #define IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_82598_CAPS  0x62
 
@@ -1482,6 +1483,8 @@
 #define IXGBE_EERD_ATTEMPTS 100000
 #endif
 
+#define IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PORT0_OFFSET  0x0
+#define IXGBE_SAN_MAC_ADDR_PORT1_OFFSET  0x3
 #define IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP  0x1
 #define IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_FCOE_OFFLOADS  0x2
 
@@ -2189,6 +2192,7 @@ struct ixgbe_mac_operations {
 	enum ixgbe_media_type (*get_media_type)(struct ixgbe_hw *);
 	u32 (*get_supported_physical_layer)(struct ixgbe_hw *);
 	s32 (*get_mac_addr)(struct ixgbe_hw *, u8 *);
+	s32 (*get_san_mac_addr)(struct ixgbe_hw *, u8 *);
 	s32 (*get_device_caps)(struct ixgbe_hw *, u16 *);
 	s32 (*stop_adapter)(struct ixgbe_hw *);
 	s32 (*get_bus_info)(struct ixgbe_hw *);
@@ -2263,6 +2267,7 @@ struct ixgbe_mac_info {
 	enum ixgbe_mac_type             type;
 	u8                              addr[IXGBE_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS];
 	u8                              perm_addr[IXGBE_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS];
+	u8                              san_addr[IXGBE_ETH_LENGTH_OF_ADDRESS];
 	s32                             mc_filter_type;
 	u32                             mcft_size;
 	u32                             vft_size;