diff --git a/board/qca/arm/common/board_init.c b/board/qca/arm/common/board_init.c
index 5c64017d08..8b31bcdcc6 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/common/board_init.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/common/board_init.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ int board_late_init(void)
 		setenv_addr("machid", (void *)machid);
 		gd->bd->bi_arch_number = machid;
 	}
+	set_ethmac_addr();
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq807x/ipq807x.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq807x/ipq807x.c
index 8d6b4ae2b3..8ef07bd29e 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq807x/ipq807x.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq807x/ipq807x.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 	writel(7, tlmm_base + 0x20000);
 
 	ret = ipq807x_edma_init(NULL);
-	set_ethmac_addr();
 
 	if (ret != 0)
 		printf("%s: ipq807x_edma_init failed : %d\n", __func__, ret);