diff --git a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
index fd164a248569..133d7ea063fb 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/6lowpan.c
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ static struct l2cap_chan *add_peer_chan(struct l2cap_chan *chan,
 static int setup_netdev(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct lowpan_btle_dev **dev)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev;
+	bdaddr_t addr;
 	int err;
 
 	netdev = alloc_netdev(LOWPAN_PRIV_SIZE(sizeof(struct lowpan_btle_dev)),
@@ -672,7 +673,8 @@ static int setup_netdev(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct lowpan_btle_dev **dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	netdev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_PERM;
-	baswap((void *)netdev->dev_addr, &chan->src);
+	baswap(&addr, &chan->src);
+	__dev_addr_set(netdev, &addr, sizeof(addr));
 
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &netdev_ops;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &chan->conn->hcon->hdev->dev);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index 72f47b372705..c9add7753b9f 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int bnep_add_connection(struct bnep_connadd_req *req, struct socket *sock)
 	 * ie. eh.h_dest is our local address. */
 	memcpy(s->eh.h_dest,   &src, ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(s->eh.h_source, &dst, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, s->eh.h_dest, ETH_ALEN);
+	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, s->eh.h_dest);
 
 	s->dev   = dev;
 	s->sock  = sock;