@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -pruN a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c 2016-01-20 19:52:13.742785462 +0100
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c 2016-01-20 19:52:14.132762433 +0100
+@@ -640,8 +640,12 @@ static int ath9k_init_softc(u16 devid, s
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_hw;
+
+- if (pdata && pdata->macaddr)
++ if (pdata && pdata->macaddr) {
+ memcpy(common->macaddr, pdata->macaddr, ETH_ALEN);
++ ath_info(common,
++ "platform MAC address will be used: %pM\n",
++ common->macaddr);
++ }
+
+ ret = ath9k_init_queues(sc);
+ if (ret)