diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
index bd5394537c88..008d51407cd7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-da850-evm.c
@@ -115,6 +115,32 @@ static struct spi_board_info da850evm_spi_info[] = {
 	},
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD
+static void da850_evm_m25p80_notify_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	char *mac_addr = davinci_soc_info.emac_pdata->mac_addr;
+	size_t retlen;
+
+	if (!strcmp(mtd->name, "MAC-Address")) {
+		mtd->read(mtd, 0, ETH_ALEN, &retlen, mac_addr);
+		if (retlen == ETH_ALEN)
+			pr_info("Read MAC addr from SPI Flash: %pM\n",
+				mac_addr);
+	}
+}
+
+static struct mtd_notifier da850evm_spi_notifier = {
+	.add	= da850_evm_m25p80_notify_add,
+};
+
+static void da850_evm_setup_mac_addr(void)
+{
+	register_mtd_user(&da850evm_spi_notifier);
+}
+#else
+static void da850_evm_setup_mac_addr(void) { }
+#endif
+
 static struct mtd_partition da850_evm_norflash_partition[] = {
 	{
 		.name           = "bootloaders + env",
@@ -1244,6 +1270,8 @@ static __init void da850_evm_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		pr_warning("da850_evm_init: sata registration failed: %d\n",
 				ret);
+
+	da850_evm_setup_mac_addr();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE