diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c
index ecaa9beee76e..8fe4f7df5246 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/cassini.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static void cas_init_rx_dma(struct cas *cp)
 	writel(val, cp->regs + REG_RX_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* enable the header parser if desired */
-	if (CAS_HP_FIRMWARE == cas_prog_null)
+	if (&CAS_HP_FIRMWARE[0] == &cas_prog_null[0])
 		return;
 
 	val = CAS_BASE(HP_CFG_NUM_CPU, CAS_NCPUS > 63 ? 0 : CAS_NCPUS);
@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@ static void cas_reset(struct cas *cp, int blkflag)
 
 	/* program header parser */
 	if ((cp->cas_flags & CAS_FLAG_TARGET_ABORT) ||
-	    (CAS_HP_ALT_FIRMWARE == cas_prog_null)) {
+	    (&CAS_HP_ALT_FIRMWARE[0] == &cas_prog_null[0])) {
 		cas_load_firmware(cp, CAS_HP_FIRMWARE);
 	} else {
 		cas_load_firmware(cp, CAS_HP_ALT_FIRMWARE);