diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-davinci/emac_defs.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-davinci/emac_defs.h
index 35a1585..76493a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-davinci/emac_defs.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-davinci/emac_defs.h
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@
 
 int davinci_eth_phy_read(u_int8_t phy_addr, u_int8_t reg_num, u_int16_t *data);
 int davinci_eth_phy_write(u_int8_t phy_addr, u_int8_t reg_num, u_int16_t data);
-void davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(const u_int8_t *addr);
 
 typedef struct
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/board.c b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
index 5f2dfd0..22bd2c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/board.c
@@ -409,15 +409,6 @@
 	enable_interrupts ();
 
 	/* Perform network card initialisation if necessary */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
-	/* XXX: this needs to be moved to board init */
-extern void davinci_eth_set_mac_addr (const u_int8_t *addr);
-	if (getenv ("ethaddr")) {
-		uchar enetaddr[6];
-		eth_getenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", enetaddr);
-		davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(enetaddr);
-	}
-#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111) || defined (CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96)
 	/* XXX: this needs to be moved to board init */
@@ -821,16 +812,6 @@
 	enable_interrupts ();
 
 	/* Perform network card initialisation if necessary */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
-	/* XXX: this needs to be moved to board init */
-extern void davinci_eth_set_mac_addr (const u_int8_t *addr);
-	if (getenv ("ethaddr")) {
-		uchar enetaddr[6];
-		eth_getenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", enetaddr);
-		davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(enetaddr);
-	}
-#endif
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111) || defined (CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96)
 	/* XXX: this needs to be moved to board init */
 	if (getenv ("ethaddr")) {
diff --git a/board/davinci/common/misc.c b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
index 86a875e..b60a46e 100644
--- a/board/davinci/common/misc.c
+++ b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
@@ -85,45 +85,22 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* If there is a MAC address in the environment, and if it is not identical to
- * the MAC address in the EEPROM, then a warning is printed and the MAC address
- * from the environment is used.
- *
+/*
  * If there is no MAC address in the environment, then it will be initialized
  * (silently) from the value in the EEPROM.
  */
-void dv_configure_mac_address(uint8_t *rom_enetaddr)
+void davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(uint8_t *rom_enetaddr)
 {
-	int i;
-	u_int8_t env_enetaddr[6];
-	char *tmp = getenv("ethaddr");
-	char *end;
+	uint8_t env_enetaddr[6];
 
-	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from the U-Boot environment.
-	 * If it is not defined, env_enetaddr[] will be cleared. */
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-		env_enetaddr[i] = tmp ? simple_strtoul(tmp, &end, 16) : 0;
-		if (tmp)
-			tmp = (*end) ? end+1 : end;
-	}
-
-	/* Check if EEPROM and U-Boot environment MAC addresses match. */
-	if (memcmp(env_enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6) != 0 &&
-	    memcmp(env_enetaddr, rom_enetaddr, 6) != 0) {
-		printf("Warning: MAC addresses don't match:\n");
-		printf("  EEPROM MAC address: %pM\n", rom_enetaddr);
-		printf("     \"ethaddr\" value: %pM\n", env_enetaddr) ;
-		debug("### Using MAC address from environment\n");
-	}
-	if (!tmp) {
-		char ethaddr[20];
-
+	eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(0, env_enetaddr);
+	if (!memcmp(env_enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6)) {
 		/* There is no MAC address in the environment, so we initialize
 		 * it from the value in the EEPROM. */
-		sprintf(ethaddr, "%pM", rom_enetaddr) ;
-		debug("### Setting environment from EEPROM MAC address = \"%s\"\n",
-		      ethaddr);
-		setenv("ethaddr", ethaddr);
+		debug("### Setting environment from EEPROM MAC address = "
+			"\"%pM\"\n",
+			env_enetaddr);
+		eth_setenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", rom_enetaddr);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/board/davinci/common/misc.h b/board/davinci/common/misc.h
index 329c369..a6ac3b9 100644
--- a/board/davinci/common/misc.h
+++ b/board/davinci/common/misc.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 			  }
 
 int dvevm_read_mac_address(uint8_t *buf);
-void dv_configure_mac_address(uint8_t *rom_enetaddr);
+void davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(uint8_t *rom_enetaddr);
 int davinci_configure_pin_mux(const struct pinmux_config *pins, int n_pins);
 int davinci_configure_pin_mux_items(const struct pinmux_resource *item,
 				    int n_items);
diff --git a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da830evm.c b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da830evm.c
index 6baa860..8a9f988 100644
--- a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da830evm.c
+++ b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/da830evm.c
@@ -196,19 +196,17 @@
 {
 	u_int8_t mac_addr[6];
 	u_int8_t switch_start_cmd[2] = { 0x01, 0x23 };
+	struct eth_device *dev;
 
 	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM */
 	if (dvevm_read_mac_address(mac_addr))
 		/* set address env if not already set */
-		dv_configure_mac_address(mac_addr);
+		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(mac_addr);
 
 	/* read the address back from env */
 	if (!eth_getenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", mac_addr))
 		return -1;
 
-	/* provide the resulting addr to the driver */
-	davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(mac_addr);
-
 	/* enable the Ethernet switch in the 3 port PHY */
 	if (i2c_write(PHY_SW_I2C_ADDR, 0, 0,
 			switch_start_cmd, sizeof(switch_start_cmd))) {
@@ -222,6 +220,12 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	dev = eth_get_dev();
+
+	/* provide the resulting addr to the driver */
+	memcpy(dev->enetaddr, mac_addr, 6);
+	dev->write_hwaddr(dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC */
diff --git a/board/davinci/dm365evm/dm365evm.c b/board/davinci/dm365evm/dm365evm.c
index 290eb99..85dbe2a 100644
--- a/board/davinci/dm365evm/dm365evm.c
+++ b/board/davinci/dm365evm/dm365evm.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM */
 	if (dvevm_read_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr))
-		dv_configure_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr);
+		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(eeprom_enetaddr);
 
 	davinci_emac_initialize();
 
diff --git a/board/davinci/dvevm/dvevm.c b/board/davinci/dvevm/dvevm.c
index 98937a9..073c21a 100644
--- a/board/davinci/dvevm/dvevm.c
+++ b/board/davinci/dvevm/dvevm.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM if available. */
 	if (dvevm_read_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr))
-		dv_configure_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr);
+		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(eeprom_enetaddr);
 
 	i2c_read(0x39, 0x00, 1, &video_mode, 1);
 
diff --git a/board/davinci/sffsdr/sffsdr.c b/board/davinci/sffsdr/sffsdr.c
index c24b9e1..657cf2b 100644
--- a/board/davinci/sffsdr/sffsdr.c
+++ b/board/davinci/sffsdr/sffsdr.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 
 	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM if available. */
 	if (sffsdr_read_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr))
-		dv_configure_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr);
+		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(eeprom_enetaddr);
 
 	return(0);
 }
diff --git a/board/davinci/sonata/sonata.c b/board/davinci/sonata/sonata.c
index 817970a..1dc42c4 100644
--- a/board/davinci/sonata/sonata.c
+++ b/board/davinci/sonata/sonata.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 	/* Read Ethernet MAC address from EEPROM if available. */
 	if (dvevm_read_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr))
-		dv_configure_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr);
+		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(eeprom_enetaddr);
 
 	return(0);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 41a9910..e06896f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -65,21 +65,6 @@
 	davinci_eth_mdio_enable();
 }
 
-static u_int8_t davinci_eth_mac_addr[] = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff };
-
-/*
- * This function must be called before emac_open() if you want to override
- * the default mac address.
- */
-void davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(const u_int8_t *addr)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < sizeof (davinci_eth_mac_addr); i++) {
-		davinci_eth_mac_addr[i] = addr[i];
-	}
-}
-
 /* EMAC Addresses */
 static volatile emac_regs	*adap_emac = (emac_regs *)EMAC_BASE_ADDR;
 static volatile ewrap_regs	*adap_ewrap = (ewrap_regs *)EMAC_WRAPPER_BASE_ADDR;
@@ -100,6 +85,43 @@
 
 phy_t				phy;
 
+static int davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(struct eth_device *dev)
+{
+	unsigned long		mac_hi;
+	unsigned long		mac_lo;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set MAC Addresses & Init multicast Hash to 0 (disable any multicast
+	 * receive)
+	 *  Using channel 0 only - other channels are disabled
+	 *  */
+	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACINDEX);
+	mac_hi = (dev->enetaddr[3] << 24) |
+		 (dev->enetaddr[2] << 16) |
+		 (dev->enetaddr[1] << 8)  |
+		 (dev->enetaddr[0]);
+	mac_lo = (dev->enetaddr[5] << 8) |
+		 (dev->enetaddr[4]);
+
+	writel(mac_hi, &adap_emac->MACADDRHI);
+#if defined(DAVINCI_EMAC_VERSION2)
+	writel(mac_lo | EMAC_MAC_ADDR_IS_VALID | EMAC_MAC_ADDR_MATCH,
+	       &adap_emac->MACADDRLO);
+#else
+	writel(mac_lo, &adap_emac->MACADDRLO);
+#endif
+
+	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACHASH1);
+	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACHASH2);
+
+	/* Set source MAC address - REQUIRED */
+	writel(mac_hi, &adap_emac->MACSRCADDRHI);
+	writel(mac_lo, &adap_emac->MACSRCADDRLO);
+
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void davinci_eth_mdio_enable(void)
 {
 	u_int32_t	clkdiv;
@@ -286,8 +308,6 @@
 	dv_reg_p		addr;
 	u_int32_t		clkdiv, cnt;
 	volatile emac_desc	*rx_desc;
-	unsigned long		mac_hi;
-	unsigned long		mac_lo;
 
 	debug_emac("+ emac_open\n");
 
@@ -311,30 +331,7 @@
 	writel(1, &adap_emac->TXCONTROL);
 	writel(1, &adap_emac->RXCONTROL);
 
-	/* Set MAC Addresses & Init multicast Hash to 0 (disable any multicast receive) */
-	/* Using channel 0 only - other channels are disabled */
-	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACINDEX);
-	mac_hi = (davinci_eth_mac_addr[3] << 24) |
-		 (davinci_eth_mac_addr[2] << 16) |
-		 (davinci_eth_mac_addr[1] << 8)  |
-		 (davinci_eth_mac_addr[0]);
-	mac_lo = (davinci_eth_mac_addr[5] << 8) |
-		 (davinci_eth_mac_addr[4]);
-
-	writel(mac_hi, &adap_emac->MACADDRHI);
-#if defined(DAVINCI_EMAC_VERSION2)
-	writel(mac_lo | EMAC_MAC_ADDR_IS_VALID | EMAC_MAC_ADDR_MATCH,
-	       &adap_emac->MACADDRLO);
-#else
-	writel(mac_lo, &adap_emac->MACADDRLO);
-#endif
-
-	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACHASH1);
-	writel(0, &adap_emac->MACHASH2);
-
-	/* Set source MAC address - REQUIRED */
-	writel(mac_hi, &adap_emac->MACSRCADDRHI);
-	writel(mac_lo, &adap_emac->MACSRCADDRLO);
+	davinci_eth_set_mac_addr(dev);
 
 	/* Set DMA 8 TX / 8 RX Head pointers to 0 */
 	addr = &adap_emac->TX0HDP;
@@ -636,6 +633,7 @@
 	dev->halt = davinci_eth_close;
 	dev->send = davinci_eth_send_packet;
 	dev->recv = davinci_eth_rcv_packet;
+	dev->write_hwaddr = davinci_eth_set_mac_addr;
 
 	eth_register(dev);