diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/mac_allocator.cc b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/mac_allocator.cc
index 8f3bbb2520..2839a4ec89 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/mac_allocator.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/nic_router/mac_allocator.cc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 /* Genode includes */
 #include <nic_bridge/mac_allocator.h>
 
-Net::Mac_address Net::Mac_allocator::mac_addr_base(0x03);
+Net::Mac_address Net::Mac_allocator::mac_addr_base(0x02);