diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c b/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
index 44f83c8c56a7..d9af9e65f72f 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_slave.c
@@ -243,7 +243,11 @@ void hsr_del_port(struct hsr_port *port)
 		if (!port->hsr->fwd_offloaded)
 			dev_set_promiscuity(port->dev, -1);
 		netdev_upper_dev_unlink(port->dev, master->dev);
-		eth_hw_addr_set(port->dev, port->original_macaddress);
+		if (hsr->prot_version == PRP_V1 &&
+		    port->type == HSR_PT_SLAVE_B) {
+			eth_hw_addr_set(port->dev, port->original_macaddress);
+			call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, port->dev);
+		}
 	}
 
 	kfree_rcu(port, rcu);