3 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/ether-addr-util.c b/src/basic/ether-addr-util.c
index d2c030903b..a4d8d656da 100644
--- a/src/basic/ether-addr-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/ether-addr-util.c
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@ char* ether_addr_to_string(const struct ether_addr *addr, char buffer[ETHER_ADDR
         return buffer;
 }
 
-bool ether_addr_is_null(const struct ether_addr *addr) {
-        assert(addr);
-
-        return  addr->ether_addr_octet[0] == 0 &&
-                addr->ether_addr_octet[1] == 0 &&
-                addr->ether_addr_octet[2] == 0 &&
-                addr->ether_addr_octet[3] == 0 &&
-                addr->ether_addr_octet[4] == 0 &&
-                addr->ether_addr_octet[5] == 0;
-}
-
 bool ether_addr_equal(const struct ether_addr *a, const struct ether_addr *b) {
         assert(a);
         assert(b);
diff --git a/src/basic/ether-addr-util.h b/src/basic/ether-addr-util.h
index 00c5159fe8..074363793e 100644
--- a/src/basic/ether-addr-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/ether-addr-util.h
@@ -28,5 +28,10 @@
 #define ETHER_ADDR_TO_STRING_MAX (3*6)
 char* ether_addr_to_string(const struct ether_addr *addr, char buffer[ETHER_ADDR_TO_STRING_MAX]);
 
-bool ether_addr_is_null(const struct ether_addr *addr);
 bool ether_addr_equal(const struct ether_addr *a, const struct ether_addr *b);
+
+#define ETHER_ADDR_NULL ((const struct ether_addr){})
+
+static inline bool ether_addr_is_null(const struct ether_addr *addr) {
+        return ether_addr_equal(addr, &ETHER_ADDR_NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/hostname-util.c b/src/basic/hostname-util.c
index a30cc86456..3cd2f2c872 100644
--- a/src/basic/hostname-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/hostname-util.c
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ bool hostname_is_set(void) {
 char* gethostname_malloc(void) {
         struct utsname u;
 
-        /* This call tries to return something useful, either the actual hostname or it makes something up. The only
-         * reason it might mail is OOM. It might even return "localhost" if that's set. */
+        /* This call tries to return something useful, either the actual hostname
+         * or it makes something up. The only reason it might fail is OOM.
+         * It might even return "localhost" if that's set. */
 
         assert_se(uname(&u) >= 0);