diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
index 0946a301a5c5..4afdd2e20883 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe.c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static void 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;
 }