diff --git a/eeprom.c b/eeprom.c
index cc74c372..3873b6a9 100644
--- a/eeprom.c
+++ b/eeprom.c
@@ -91,15 +91,9 @@ mt76_eeprom_override(struct mt76_phy *phy)
 {
 	struct mt76_dev *dev = phy->dev;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
 	struct device_node *np = dev->dev->of_node;
-	const u8 *mac = NULL;
 
-	if (np)
-		mac = of_get_mac_address(np);
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mac))
-		ether_addr_copy(phy->macaddr, mac);
-#endif
+	of_get_mac_address(np, phy->macaddr);
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(phy->macaddr)) {
 		eth_random_addr(phy->macaddr);