diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/utils.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/utils.c
index 2e8778043b7063e5af1cfcf598cbbe1cc8687266..d11670c0eee0cb161d96d479441bdeaf1abdecb1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/utils.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/utils.c
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ void omap_die_id_usbethaddr(void)
 		mac[5] = (die_id[0] >> 8) & 0xff;
 
 		eth_env_set_enetaddr("usbethaddr", mac);
+
+		if (!env_get("ethaddr"))
+			eth_env_set_enetaddr("ethaddr", mac);
 	}
 }