diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 1f4bdd94407a..f549d3a8e59c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -1093,10 +1093,9 @@ static long tap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			return -ENOLINK;
 		}
 		ret = 0;
-		u = tap->dev->type;
+		dev_get_mac_address(&sa, dev_net(tap->dev), tap->dev->name);
 		if (copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_name, tap->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ) ||
-		    copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, tap->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN) ||
-		    put_user(u, &ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_family))
+		    copy_to_user(&ifr->ifr_hwaddr, &sa, sizeof(sa)))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		tap_put_tap_dev(tap);
 		rtnl_unlock();
@@ -1111,7 +1110,7 @@ static long tap_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			rtnl_unlock();
 			return -ENOLINK;
 		}
-		ret = dev_set_mac_address(tap->dev, &sa, NULL);
+		ret = dev_set_mac_address_user(tap->dev, &sa, NULL);
 		tap_put_tap_dev(tap);
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 1ac80756e5af..accde25a66a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3157,15 +3157,14 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 	case SIOCGIFHWADDR:
 		/* Get hw address */
-		memcpy(ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, tun->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-		ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = tun->dev->type;
+		dev_get_mac_address(&ifr.ifr_hwaddr, net, tun->dev->name);
 		if (copy_to_user(argp, &ifr, ifreq_len))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		break;
 
 	case SIOCSIFHWADDR:
 		/* Set hw address */
-		ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr, NULL);
+		ret = dev_set_mac_address_user(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr, NULL);
 		break;
 
 	case TUNGETSNDBUF:
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9de5312edeb8..8753e98a8d58 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3879,6 +3879,9 @@ int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
 			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
 			struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name);
 int dev_change_carrier(struct net_device *, bool new_carrier);
 int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
 			 struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 210d0fce58e1..75ca6c6d01d6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8686,6 +8686,48 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address);
 
+static DECLARE_RWSEM(dev_addr_sem);
+
+int dev_set_mac_address_user(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
+			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
+	ret = dev_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
+	up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address_user);
+
+int dev_get_mac_address(struct sockaddr *sa, struct net *net, char *dev_name)
+{
+	size_t size = sizeof(sa->sa_data);
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	down_read(&dev_addr_sem);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, dev_name);
+	if (!dev) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+	if (!dev->addr_len)
+		memset(sa->sa_data, 0, size);
+	else
+		memcpy(sa->sa_data, dev->dev_addr,
+		       min_t(size_t, size, dev->addr_len));
+	sa->sa_family = dev->type;
+
+unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	up_read(&dev_addr_sem);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_mac_address);
+
 /**
  *	dev_change_carrier - Change device carrier
  *	@dev: device
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 205e92e604ef..54fb18b4f55e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -123,17 +123,6 @@ static int dev_ifsioc_locked(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cm
 		ifr->ifr_mtu = dev->mtu;
 		return 0;
 
-	case SIOCGIFHWADDR:
-		if (!dev->addr_len)
-			memset(ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 0,
-			       sizeof(ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data));
-		else
-			memcpy(ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, dev->dev_addr,
-			       min(sizeof(ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_data),
-				   (size_t)dev->addr_len));
-		ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_family = dev->type;
-		return 0;
-
 	case SIOCGIFSLAVE:
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -274,7 +263,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
 	case SIOCSIFHWADDR:
 		if (dev->addr_len > sizeof(struct sockaddr))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		return dev_set_mac_address(dev, &ifr->ifr_hwaddr, NULL);
+		return dev_set_mac_address_user(dev, &ifr->ifr_hwaddr, NULL);
 
 	case SIOCSIFHWBROADCAST:
 		if (ifr->ifr_hwaddr.sa_family != dev->type)
@@ -418,6 +407,12 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, struct ifreq *ifr, bool *need_c
 	 */
 
 	switch (cmd) {
+	case SIOCGIFHWADDR:
+		dev_load(net, ifr->ifr_name);
+		ret = dev_get_mac_address(&ifr->ifr_hwaddr, net, ifr->ifr_name);
+		if (colon)
+			*colon = ':';
+		return ret;
 	/*
 	 *	These ioctl calls:
 	 *	- can be done by all.
@@ -427,7 +422,6 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, struct ifreq *ifr, bool *need_c
 	case SIOCGIFFLAGS:
 	case SIOCGIFMETRIC:
 	case SIOCGIFMTU:
-	case SIOCGIFHWADDR:
 	case SIOCGIFSLAVE:
 	case SIOCGIFMAP:
 	case SIOCGIFINDEX:
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7d7223691783..eae8e87930cd 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		sa->sa_family = dev->type;
 		memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
 		       dev->addr_len);
-		err = dev_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
+		err = dev_set_mac_address_user(dev, sa, extack);
 		kfree(sa);
 		if (err)
 			goto errout;