diff --git a/net/siit/Makefile b/net/siit/Makefile
index a890a257bf..1e95a584a0 100644
--- a/net/siit/Makefile
+++ b/net/siit/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=siit
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/net/siit/src/siit.c b/net/siit/src/siit.c
index 55668353a6..16bb02492d 100644
--- a/net/siit/src/siit.c
+++ b/net/siit/src/siit.c
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ static void
 siit_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	ether_setup(dev);    /* assign some of the fields */
-	random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+	eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 
 	/*
 	 * Assign device function.