diff --git a/drivers/net/dm9000.c b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
index 863e9c459e65..8ef31dc4704d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dm9000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dm9000.c
@@ -535,21 +535,35 @@ static int dm9000_set_eeprom(struct net_device *dev,
 	board_info_t *dm = to_dm9000_board(dev);
 	int offset = ee->offset;
 	int len = ee->len;
-	int i;
+	int done;
 
 	/* EEPROM access is aligned to two bytes */
 
-	if ((len & 1) != 0 || (offset & 1) != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (dm->flags & DM9000_PLATF_NO_EEPROM)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (ee->magic != DM_EEPROM_MAGIC)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i += 2)
-		dm9000_write_eeprom(dm, (offset + i) / 2, data + i);
+	while (len > 0) {
+		if (len & 1 || offset & 1) {
+			int which = offset & 1;
+			u8 tmp[2];
+
+			dm9000_read_eeprom(dm, offset / 2, tmp);
+			tmp[which] = *data;
+			dm9000_write_eeprom(dm, offset / 2, tmp);
+
+			done = 1;
+		} else {
+			dm9000_write_eeprom(dm, offset / 2, data);
+			done = 2;
+		}
+
+		data += done;
+		offset += done;
+		len -= done;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }