return 0;
 
        if ((listen = kmalloc(sizeof(*listen), GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL)
-               return 0;
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        listen->callsign = *callsign;
        listen->dev      = dev;
        listen_list  = listen;
        spin_unlock_bh(&listen_lock);
 
-       return 1;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ax25_listen_register);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&listen_lock);
        for (listen = listen_list; listen != NULL; listen = listen->next)
-               if (ax25cmp(&listen->callsign, callsign) == 0 && (listen->dev == dev || listen->dev == NULL)) {
+               if (ax25cmp(&listen->callsign, callsign) == 0 &&
+                   (listen->dev == dev || listen->dev == NULL)) {
                        spin_unlock_bh(&listen_lock);
                        return 1;
        }
 
        return -37;
 }
 
-static int nr_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
+static int __must_check nr_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
 {
        struct sockaddr *sa = addr;
+       int err;
+
+       if (!memcmp(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len))
+               return 0;
+
+       if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+               err = ax25_listen_register((ax25_address *)sa->sa_data, NULL);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
 
-       if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
                ax25_listen_release((ax25_address *)dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+       }
 
        memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
 
-       if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
-               ax25_listen_register((ax25_address *)dev->dev_addr, NULL);
-
        return 0;
 }
 
 static int nr_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+       int err;
+
+       err = ax25_listen_register((ax25_address *)dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        netif_start_queue(dev);
-       ax25_listen_register((ax25_address *)dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
 
                if (copy_from_user(&rose_callsign, argp, sizeof(ax25_address)))
                        return -EFAULT;
                if (ax25cmp(&rose_callsign, &null_ax25_address) != 0)
-                       ax25_listen_register(&rose_callsign, NULL);
+                       return ax25_listen_register(&rose_callsign, NULL);
+
                return 0;
 
        case SIOCRSGL2CALL: