This reverts commit 3295f6f1c2.
It looks like the eeprom gets broken after this change.
I think this change was not tested on a real device before it was
merged.
The MAC addresses will be broken again after this revert.
Fixes: #17818
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
(cherry picked from commit f628467dfd)