diff --git a/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h b/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
index b7a967f0..9f56ba26 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/prot/ethernet.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #  include "arch/bpstruct.h"
 #endif
 PACK_STRUCT_BEGIN
+/** An Ethernet MAC address */
 struct eth_addr {
   PACK_STRUCT_FLD_8(u8_t addr[ETH_HWADDR_LEN]);
 } PACK_STRUCT_STRUCT;
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ PACK_STRUCT_END
 #  include "arch/epstruct.h"
 #endif
 
+/** Initialize a struct eth_addr with its 6 bytes (takes care of correct braces) */
+#define ETH_ADDR(b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5) {{b0, b1, b2, b3, b4, b5}}
+
 #ifdef PACK_STRUCT_USE_INCLUDES
 #  include "arch/bpstruct.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/netif/bridgeif.h b/src/include/netif/bridgeif.h
index 6ddff40e..01448e4d 100644
--- a/src/include/netif/bridgeif.h
+++ b/src/include/netif/bridgeif.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ typedef struct bridgeif_initdata_s {
 
 /** @ingroup bridgeif
  * Use this for constant initialization of a bridgeif_initdat_t
- * (ethaddr must be passed as MAKE_ETH_ADDR())
+ * (ethaddr must be passed as ETH_ADDR())
  */
 #define BRIDGEIF_INITDATA1(max_ports, max_fdb_dynamic_entries, max_fdb_static_entries, ethaddr) {ethaddr, max_ports, max_fdb_dynamic_entries, max_fdb_static_entries}
 /** @ingroup bridgeif
diff --git a/src/netif/bridgeif.c b/src/netif/bridgeif.c
index a0189883..d677d701 100644
--- a/src/netif/bridgeif.c
+++ b/src/netif/bridgeif.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  *   - some configuration options controlling the memory consumption (maximum number of ports
  *     and FDB entries)
  *   - e.g. for a bridge MAC address 00-01-02-03-04-05, 2 bridge ports, 1024 FDB entries + 16 static MAC entries:
- *     bridgeif_initdata_t mybridge_initdata = BRIDGEIF_INITDATA1(2, 1024, 16, MAKE_ETH_ADDR(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5));
+ *     bridgeif_initdata_t mybridge_initdata = BRIDGEIF_INITDATA1(2, 1024, 16, ETH_ADDR(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5));
  * - add the bridge netif (with IPv4 config):
  *   struct netif bridge_netif;
  *   netif_add(&bridge_netif, &my_ip, &my_netmask, &my_gw, &mybridge_initdata, bridgeif_init, tcpip_input);