diff --git a/board/davinci/common/misc.c b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
index 2bfdf23..53d6aa1 100644
--- a/board/davinci/common/misc.c
+++ b/board/davinci/common/misc.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(uint8_t *rom_enetaddr)
 {
 	uint8_t env_enetaddr[6];
 
-	eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(0, env_enetaddr);
+	eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index("eth", 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. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/designware.c b/drivers/net/designware.c
index 3f5eeb7..02ba393 100644
--- a/drivers/net/designware.c
+++ b/drivers/net/designware.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int designware_initialize(u32 id, ulong base_addr, u32 phy_addr)
 	dev->iobase = (int)base_addr;
 	dev->priv = priv;
 
-	eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(id, &dev->enetaddr[0]);
+	eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index("eth", id, &dev->enetaddr[0]);
 
 	priv->dev = dev;
 	priv->mac_regs_p = (struct eth_mac_regs *)base_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/eth/usb_ether.c b/drivers/usb/eth/usb_ether.c
index 7b55da3..6565ea5 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/eth/usb_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/eth/usb_ether.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int is_eth_dev_on_usb_host(void)
  */
 static void probe_valid_drivers(struct usb_device *dev)
 {
+	struct eth_device *eth;
 	int j;
 
 	for (j = 0; prob_dev[j].probe && prob_dev[j].get_info; j++) {
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@ static void probe_valid_drivers(struct usb_device *dev)
 		/*
 		 * ok, it is a supported eth device. Get info and fill it in
 		 */
+		eth = &usb_eth[usb_max_eth_dev].eth_dev;
 		if (prob_dev[j].get_info(dev,
 			&usb_eth[usb_max_eth_dev],
-			&usb_eth[usb_max_eth_dev].eth_dev)) {
+			eth)) {
 			/* found proper driver */
 			/* register with networking stack */
 			usb_max_eth_dev++;
@@ -100,7 +102,10 @@ static void probe_valid_drivers(struct usb_device *dev)
 			 * call since eth_current_changed (internally called)
 			 * relies on it
 			 */
-			eth_register(&usb_eth[usb_max_eth_dev - 1].eth_dev);
+			eth_register(eth);
+			if (eth_write_hwaddr(eth, "usbeth",
+					usb_max_eth_dev - 1))
+				puts("Warning: failed to set MAC address\n");
 			break;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index 01f7159..f4464dc 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -128,7 +128,18 @@ extern int eth_get_dev_index (void);		/* get the device index */
 extern void eth_parse_enetaddr(const char *addr, uchar *enetaddr);
 extern int eth_getenv_enetaddr(char *name, uchar *enetaddr);
 extern int eth_setenv_enetaddr(char *name, const uchar *enetaddr);
-extern int eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(int index, uchar *enetaddr);
+
+/*
+ * Get the hardware address for an ethernet interface .
+ * Args:
+ *	base_name - base name for device (normally "eth")
+ *	index - device index number (0 for first)
+ *	enetaddr - returns 6 byte hardware address
+ * Returns:
+ *	Return true if the address is valid.
+ */
+extern int eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(const char *base_name, int index,
+					uchar *enetaddr);
 
 extern int usb_eth_initialize(bd_t *bi);
 extern int eth_init(bd_t *bis);			/* Initialize the device */
@@ -141,6 +152,18 @@ extern int eth_rx(void);			/* Check for received packets */
 extern void eth_halt(void);			/* stop SCC */
 extern char *eth_get_name(void);		/* get name of current device */
 
+/*
+ * Set the hardware address for an ethernet interface based on 'eth%daddr'
+ * environment variable (or just 'ethaddr' if eth_number is 0).
+ * Args:
+ *	base_name - base name for device (normally "eth")
+ *	eth_number - value of %d (0 for first device of this type)
+ * Returns:
+ *	0 is success, non-zero is error status from driver.
+ */
+int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
+		     int eth_number);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
 int eth_mcast_join( IPaddr_t mcast_addr, u8 join);
 u32 ether_crc (size_t len, unsigned char const *p);
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 6523834..b3ea565 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ int eth_setenv_enetaddr(char *name, const uchar *enetaddr)
 	return setenv(name, buf);
 }
 
-int eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(int index, uchar *enetaddr)
+int eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(const char *base_name, int index,
+				 uchar *enetaddr)
 {
 	char enetvar[32];
-	sprintf(enetvar, index ? "eth%daddr" : "ethaddr", index);
+	sprintf(enetvar, index ? "%s%daddr" : "%saddr", base_name, index);
 	return eth_getenv_enetaddr(enetvar, enetaddr);
 }
 
@@ -188,6 +189,38 @@ static void eth_current_changed(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
+		   int eth_number)
+{
+	unsigned char env_enetaddr[6];
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(base_name, eth_number, env_enetaddr))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (memcmp(env_enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6)) {
+		if (memcmp(dev->enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6) &&
+			memcmp(dev->enetaddr, env_enetaddr, 6)) {
+			printf("\nWarning: %s MAC addresses don't match:\n",
+				dev->name);
+			printf("Address in SROM is         %pM\n",
+				dev->enetaddr);
+			printf("Address in environment is  %pM\n",
+				env_enetaddr);
+		}
+
+		memcpy(dev->enetaddr, env_enetaddr, 6);
+	}
+
+	if (dev->write_hwaddr &&
+		!eth_mac_skip(eth_number) &&
+		is_valid_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr)) {
+		ret = dev->write_hwaddr(dev);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int eth_register(struct eth_device *dev)
 {
 	struct eth_device *d;
@@ -208,7 +241,6 @@ int eth_register(struct eth_device *dev)
 
 int eth_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 {
-	unsigned char env_enetaddr[6];
 	int eth_number = 0;
 
 	eth_devices = NULL;
@@ -264,27 +296,8 @@ int eth_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 			if (strchr(dev->name, ' '))
 				puts("\nWarning: eth device name has a space!\n");
 
-			eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(eth_number, env_enetaddr);
-
-			if (memcmp(env_enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6)) {
-				if (memcmp(dev->enetaddr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", 6) &&
-				    memcmp(dev->enetaddr, env_enetaddr, 6))
-				{
-					printf ("\nWarning: %s MAC addresses don't match:\n",
-						dev->name);
-					printf ("Address in SROM is         %pM\n",
-						dev->enetaddr);
-					printf ("Address in environment is  %pM\n",
-						env_enetaddr);
-				}
-
-				memcpy(dev->enetaddr, env_enetaddr, 6);
-			}
-			if (dev->write_hwaddr &&
-				!eth_mac_skip(eth_number) &&
-				is_valid_ether_addr(dev->enetaddr)) {
-				dev->write_hwaddr(dev);
-			}
+			if (eth_write_hwaddr(dev, NULL, eth_number))
+				puts("Warning: failed to set MAC address\n");
 
 			eth_number++;
 			dev = dev->next;
@@ -359,7 +372,8 @@ int eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 	do {
 		uchar env_enetaddr[6];
 
-		if (eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index(eth_number, env_enetaddr))
+		if (eth_getenv_enetaddr_by_index("eth", eth_number,
+						 env_enetaddr))
 			memcpy(dev->enetaddr, env_enetaddr, 6);
 
 		++eth_number;
