diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
index cccbea555a32..e931afc3ba22 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
@@ -1115,8 +1115,9 @@ void rtw_macaddr_cfg(struct device *dev, u8 *mac_addr)
 	}
 
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(mac) || is_zero_ether_addr(mac)) {
-		if ((addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len)) &&
-		    len == ETH_ALEN) {
+		addr = of_get_property(np, "local-mac-address", &len);
+
+		if (addr && len == ETH_ALEN) {
 			ether_addr_copy(mac_addr, addr);
 		} else {
 			eth_random_addr(mac_addr);