diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index ccb3c6c96ba77bc247b71bc385e89deb9e340940..183f97a86bb24c8099f4d3b7b7d4a5919d3432c4 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ static uint16_t batadv_arp_get_type(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct arphdr *arphdr;
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 	__be32 ip_src, ip_dst;
+	uint8_t *hw_src, *hw_dst;
 	uint16_t type = 0;
 
 	/* pull the ethernet header */
@@ -782,6 +783,18 @@ static uint16_t batadv_arp_get_type(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	    ipv4_is_zeronet(ip_dst) || ipv4_is_lbcast(ip_dst))
 		goto out;
 
+	hw_src = batadv_arp_hw_src(skb, hdr_size);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(hw_src) || is_multicast_ether_addr(hw_src))
+		goto out;
+
+	/* we don't care about the destination MAC address in ARP requests */
+	if (arphdr->ar_op != htons(ARPOP_REQUEST)) {
+		hw_dst = batadv_arp_hw_dst(skb, hdr_size);
+		if (is_zero_ether_addr(hw_dst) ||
+		    is_multicast_ether_addr(hw_dst))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	type = ntohs(arphdr->ar_op);
 out:
 	return type;