diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index 4ba1495b9aeb..89238bd046e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
@@ -1425,8 +1425,14 @@ static int wil_get_otp_info(struct wil6210_priv *wil)
 	}
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
-		wil_err(wil, "Invalid MAC %pM\n", mac);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		u8 dummy_mac[ETH_ALEN] = {
+			0x00, 0xde, 0xad, 0x12, 0x34, 0x56,
+		};
+		if (!test_bit(WMI_FW_CAPABILITY_WMI_ONLY, wil->fw_capabilities))
+			get_random_bytes(dummy_mac + 3, 3);
+		wil_err(wil, "Invalid MAC %pM, using random %pM\n", mac,
+			dummy_mac);
+		ether_addr_copy(mac, dummy_mac);
 	}
 
 	ether_addr_copy(ndev->perm_addr, mac);