diff --git a/app/devices/device_edit.php b/app/devices/device_edit.php
index 53e82323b..493ddba98 100644
--- a/app/devices/device_edit.php
+++ b/app/devices/device_edit.php
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' width='70%' align='left'>\n";
 	if (permission_exists('device_address')) {
-		echo "	<input class='formfld' type='text' name='device_address' id='device_address' style='width: 245px;' maxlength='36' value=\"".escape($prov->format_address($device_address, $device_vendor))."\"/>\n";
+		echo "	<input class='formfld' type='text' name='device_address' id='device_address' style='width: 245px;' maxlength='36' value=\"".escape($device_address)."\"/>\n";
 		echo "<br />\n";
 		echo $text['description-device_address']."\n";
 	}
@@ -2051,4 +2051,4 @@
 //show the footer
 	require_once "resources/footer.php";
 
-?>
+?>
\ No newline at end of file