diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
index 0463f20da17b..174d89ee6374 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_main.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static int mchp_sparx5_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto cleanup_config;
 
-	if (!of_get_mac_address(np, sparx5->base_mac)) {
+	if (of_get_mac_address(np, sparx5->base_mac)) {
 		dev_info(sparx5->dev, "MAC addr was not set, use random MAC\n");
 		eth_random_addr(sparx5->base_mac);
 		sparx5->base_mac[5] = 0;