diff --git a/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/MacAddressUtils.java b/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/MacAddressUtils.java
index bc11fa2..ab0040c 100644
--- a/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/MacAddressUtils.java
+++ b/staticlibs/framework/com/android/net/module/util/MacAddressUtils.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     private static final long NIC_MASK = longAddrFromByteAddr(
             MacAddress.fromString("0:0:0:ff:ff:ff").toByteArray());
     // Matches WifiInfo.DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS
-    private static final String DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS = "02:00:00:00:00:00";
+    private static final MacAddress DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS =
+            MacAddress.fromString("02:00:00:00:00:00");
     private static final int ETHER_ADDR_LEN = 6;
 
     /**
diff --git a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/android/net/util/MacAddressUtilsTest.java b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/android/net/util/MacAddressUtilsTest.java
index 66d89ff..8988571 100644
--- a/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/android/net/util/MacAddressUtilsTest.java
+++ b/staticlibs/tests/unit/src/android/net/util/MacAddressUtilsTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
 public final class MacAddressUtilsTest {
 
     // Matches WifiInfo.DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS
-    private static final String DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS = "02:00:00:00:00:00";
+    private static final MacAddress DEFAULT_MAC_ADDRESS =
+            MacAddress.fromString("02:00:00:00:00:00");
 
     @Test
     public void testIsMulticastAddress() {