diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index e172743948ed..3619520340b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ static int pppoe_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
 	path->encap.proto = htons(ETH_P_PPP_SES);
 	path->encap.id = be16_to_cpu(po->num);
 	memcpy(path->encap.h_dest, po->pppoe_pa.remote, ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(ctx->daddr, po->pppoe_pa.remote, ETH_ALEN);
 	path->dev = ctx->dev;
 	ctx->dev = dev;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 39f1893ecac0..62ff09467776 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ struct net_device_path_stack {
 
 struct net_device_path_ctx {
 	const struct net_device *dev;
-	u8			daddr[ETH_ALEN];
+	const u8		*daddr;
 
 	int			num_vlans;
 	struct {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d23d2d2716c3..f4e4bc677cbe 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -748,11 +748,11 @@ int dev_fill_forward_path(const struct net_device *dev, const u8 *daddr,
 	const struct net_device *last_dev;
 	struct net_device_path_ctx ctx = {
 		.dev	= dev,
+		.daddr	= daddr,
 	};
 	struct net_device_path *path;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	memcpy(ctx.daddr, daddr, sizeof(ctx.daddr));
 	stack->num_paths = 0;
 	while (ctx.dev && ctx.dev->netdev_ops->ndo_fill_forward_path) {
 		last_dev = ctx.dev;