diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 47c71e1fe1ce..dbbd1be47462 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -2664,6 +2664,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_sw_init(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Assigning random MAC address\n");
 		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
 		ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, netdev->dev_addr);
+		ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, netdev->dev_addr);
 	}
 
 	/* Enable dynamic interrupt throttling rates */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
index 427f3605cbfc..61a98f4c5746 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/vf.c
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ static s32 ixgbevf_reset_hw_vf(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	    msgbuf[0] != (IXGBE_VF_RESET | IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_NACK))
 		return IXGBE_ERR_INVALID_MAC_ADDR;
 
-	ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr);
+	if (msgbuf[0] == (IXGBE_VF_RESET | IXGBE_VT_MSGTYPE_ACK))
+		ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr);
+
 	hw->mac.mc_filter_type = msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_MC_TYPE_WORD];
 
 	return 0;