diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
index 586d69491268..f04c338fb6e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
@@ -156,13 +156,11 @@ struct ice_aqc_manage_mac_write {
 #define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_MC_MAG_EN		BIT(0)
 #define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_WOL_LAA_PFR_KEEP	BIT(1)
 #define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_S		6
-#define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_M		(3 << ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_S)
+#define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_M		ICE_M(3, ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_S)
 #define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_UPDATE_LAA	0
-#define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_UPDATE_LAA_WOL	(BIT(0) << ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_S)
-	/* High 16 bits of MAC address in big endian order */
-	__be16 sah;
-	/* Low 32 bits of MAC address in big endian order */
-	__be32 sal;
+#define ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_UPDATE_LAA_WOL	BIT(ICE_AQC_MAN_MAC_WR_S)
+	/* byte stream in network order */
+	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	__le32 addr_high;
 	__le32 addr_low;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
index 0a0b00fffaf7..5da369ae33e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
@@ -1994,10 +1994,7 @@ ice_aq_manage_mac_write(struct ice_hw *hw, const u8 *mac_addr, u8 flags,
 	ice_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(&desc, ice_aqc_opc_manage_mac_write);
 
 	cmd->flags = flags;
-
-	/* Prep values for flags, sah, sal */
-	cmd->sah = htons(*((const u16 *)mac_addr));
-	cmd->sal = htonl(*((const u32 *)(mac_addr + 2)));
+	ether_addr_copy(cmd->mac_addr, mac_addr);
 
 	return ice_aq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, NULL, 0, cd);
 }