diff --git a/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh b/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
index 6e80f6eb9a83..88d060f9f54f 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-teamd/start.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ rm -rf $TEAMD_CONF_PATH
 mkdir -p $TEAMD_CONF_PATH
 
 SONIC_ASIC_TYPE=$(sonic-cfggen -y /etc/sonic/sonic_version.yml -v asic_type)
-MAC_ADDRESS=$(ip link show eth0 | grep ether | awk '{print $2}')
+
+if [ "$SONIC_ASIC_TYPE" == "mellanox" ]; then
+    MAC_ADDRESS=$(od -vt x1 -An /sys/bus/i2c/devices/8-0051/eeprom | xargs printf "0x%s " | xargs printf "%02x:" | awk 'BEGIN { FS=":"; i=8+1+2+1} {while(i<NF) {type=$i; len=("0x"$(i+1));if(type!="24") {i=i+2+len} else {print substr($0, (i+1)*3+1, len*3-1); break}}}')
+else
+    MAC_ADDRESS=$(ip link show eth0 | grep ether | awk '{print $2}')
+fi
 
 # Align last byte
 if [ "$SONIC_ASIC_TYPE" == "mellanox" -o "$SONIC_ASIC_TYPE" == "centec" ]; then