diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
index e14a3598ca3e91465cafd2d613a84d807ca1ffd1..690e5724b4e57418c50a17306d8b340857ec15a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
@@ -980,6 +980,8 @@ static int fec_probe(bd_t *bd, int dev_id, uint32_t base_addr,
 	if (fec_get_hwaddr(edev, dev_id, ethaddr) == 0) {
 		debug("got MAC%d address from fuse: %pM\n", dev_id, ethaddr);
 		memcpy(edev->enetaddr, ethaddr, 6);
+		if (!getenv("ethaddr"))
+			eth_setenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", ethaddr);
 	}
 	return ret;
 err3: