diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/MacAddress.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/MacAddress.java
index 814660b..08aa6e3 100644
--- a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/MacAddress.java
+++ b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/packet/MacAddress.java
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
  *
  */
 public class MacAddress {
-    public static final byte[] ZERO_MAC_ADDRESS =
-            MacAddress.valueOf("00:00:00:00:00:00").getAddress();
 
-    public static final byte[] BROADCAST_MAC =
-            MacAddress.valueOf("ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff").getAddress();
+    public static final MacAddress ZERO = valueOf("00:00:00:00:00:00");
+    public static final MacAddress BROADCAST = valueOf("ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff");
+
+    public static final byte[] ZERO_MAC_ADDRESS = ZERO.getAddress();
+    public static final byte[] BROADCAST_MAC = BROADCAST.getAddress();
 
     public static final int MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH = 6;
     private byte[] address = new byte[MacAddress.MAC_ADDRESS_LENGTH];