diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 34c1d0b..abb9900 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -324,8 +324,10 @@
 					  (1<<__LINK_STATE_DORMANT))) |
 		      (1<<__LINK_STATE_PRESENT);
 
-	memcpy(dev->broadcast, real_dev->broadcast, real_dev->addr_len);
-	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr, real_dev->addr_len);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
+		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->broadcast))
+		memcpy(dev->broadcast, real_dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len);
 
 	if (real_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX) {
 		dev->hard_header     = real_dev->hard_header;
@@ -373,6 +375,8 @@
 	new_dev->set_multicast_list = vlan_dev_set_multicast_list;
 	new_dev->destructor = free_netdev;
 	new_dev->do_ioctl = vlan_dev_ioctl;
+
+	memset(new_dev->broadcast, 0, sizeof(ETH_ALEN));
 }
 
 static void vlan_transfer_operstate(const struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *vlandev)
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
index 844c7e4..6cdd1e0 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
 	u16 id;
 	int err;
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
+		if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
+			return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+	}
+
 	if (!data)
 		return -EINVAL;