diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index 56ca3b6c1444..f48eeb168e0b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ static int slic_mcast_add_list(struct adapter *adapter, char *address)
 	if (mcaddr == NULL)
 		return 1;
 
-	memcpy(mcaddr->address, address, ETH_ALEN);
+	ether_addr_copy(mcaddr->address, address);
 
 	mcaddr->next = adapter->mcastaddrs;
 	adapter->mcastaddrs = mcaddr;