diff --git a/src/drivers/net/igbvf/igbvf_main.c b/src/drivers/net/igbvf/igbvf_main.c
index cd189ecb..901bba95 100644
--- a/src/drivers/net/igbvf/igbvf_main.c
+++ b/src/drivers/net/igbvf/igbvf_main.c
@@ -871,20 +871,14 @@ int igbvf_probe ( struct pci_device *pdev )
 			DBG ("Error reading MAC address\n");
 			goto err_hw_init;
 		}
+		if ( ! is_valid_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr) ) {
+			/* Assign random MAC address */
+			eth_random_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr);
+		}
 	}
 
 	memcpy ( netdev->hw_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, ETH_ALEN );
 
-	if ( ! is_valid_ether_addr( netdev->hw_addr ) ) {
-		DBG ("Invalid MAC Address: "
-		        "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
-		        netdev->hw_addr[0], netdev->hw_addr[1],
-		        netdev->hw_addr[2], netdev->hw_addr[3],
-		        netdev->hw_addr[4], netdev->hw_addr[5]);
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto err_hw_init;
-	}
-
 	/* reset the hardware with the new settings */
 	igbvf_reset ( adapter );