diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 2ad71cc90b37..92b10e67d5f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr[6+2])
+static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 *addr)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -372,8 +372,7 @@ static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
  * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 are only guaranteed to be 16 bits.
  */
 
-static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
-					   const u8 addr2[6+2])
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) && BITS_PER_LONG == 64
 	u64 fold = (*(const u64 *)addr1) ^ (*(const u64 *)addr2);