diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.h b/net/tipc/bearer.h
index 1a233271d1b5..097aff08ad5b 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.h
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  */
 #define TIPC_MEDIA_INFO_SIZE	32
 #define TIPC_MEDIA_TYPE_OFFSET	3
+#define TIPC_MEDIA_ADDR_OFFSET	4
 
 /*
  * Identifiers of supported TIPC media types
diff --git a/net/tipc/eth_media.c b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
index 085d3a07e565..f69a2fde9f4a 100644
--- a/net/tipc/eth_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 #include "core.h"
 #include "bearer.h"
 
-#define ETH_ADDR_OFFSET  4  /* MAC addr position inside address field */
-
 /* Convert Ethernet address (media address format) to string */
 static int tipc_eth_addr2str(struct tipc_media_addr *addr,
 			     char *strbuf, int bufsz)
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ static int tipc_eth_addr2msg(char *msg, struct tipc_media_addr *addr)
 {
 	memset(msg, 0, TIPC_MEDIA_INFO_SIZE);
 	msg[TIPC_MEDIA_TYPE_OFFSET] = TIPC_MEDIA_TYPE_ETH;
-	memcpy(msg + ETH_ADDR_OFFSET, addr->value, ETH_ALEN);
+	memcpy(msg + TIPC_MEDIA_ADDR_OFFSET, addr->value, ETH_ALEN);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ static int tipc_eth_msg2addr(struct tipc_bearer *b,
 			     char *msg)
 {
 	/* Skip past preamble: */
-	msg += ETH_ADDR_OFFSET;
+	msg += TIPC_MEDIA_ADDR_OFFSET;
 	return tipc_eth_raw2addr(b, addr, msg);
 }