We should not try to use the VF MAC address as that is used by the
regular (e.g. mlx5_core) NIC implementation. Instead, use a random
generated MAC address.

Suggested by: Cindy Lu <[email protected]>
Fixes: 1a86b377aa21 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add VDPA driver for supported mlx5 devices")
Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c 
b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 1fa6fcac8299..80d06d958b8b 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1955,10 +1955,7 @@ void *mlx5_vdpa_add_dev(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
        if (err)
                goto err_mtu;
 
-       err = mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address(mdev, 0, 0, config->mac);
-       if (err)
-               goto err_mtu;
-
+       eth_random_addr(config->mac);
        mvdev->vdev.dma_dev = mdev->device;
        err = mlx5_vdpa_alloc_resources(&ndev->mvdev);
        if (err)
-- 
2.26.2

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