diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index 25267a620e0b..e6770e5c1432 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ static int rxe_init_device_param(struct rxe_dev *rxe)
 	rxe->attr.max_fast_reg_page_list_len	= RXE_MAX_FMR_PAGE_LIST_LEN;
 	rxe->attr.max_pkeys			= RXE_MAX_PKEYS;
 	rxe->attr.local_ca_ack_delay		= RXE_LOCAL_CA_ACK_DELAY;
+	addrconf_addr_eui48((unsigned char *)&rxe->attr.sys_image_guid,
+			rxe->ndev->dev_addr);
 
 	rxe->max_ucontext			= RXE_MAX_UCONTEXT;