diff --git a/netbox/dcim/views.py b/netbox/dcim/views.py
index 874a0cb39..4f0d7ec29 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/views.py
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ class InterfaceBulkAddView(PermissionRequiredMixin, BulkEditView):
                 iface_form = forms.InterfaceForm({
                     'device': device.pk,
                     'name': name,
-                    'mac_address': mac_address,
+                    'mac_address': form.cleaned_data['mac_address'],
                     'form_factor': form.cleaned_data['form_factor'],
                     'mgmt_only': form.cleaned_data['mgmt_only'],
                     'description': form.cleaned_data['description'],
diff --git a/netbox/utilities/views.py b/netbox/utilities/views.py
index da9e1a34e..9b93301b0 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/views.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/views.py
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ class BulkEditView(View):
             form = self.form(request.POST)
             if form.is_valid():
                 updated_count = self.update_objects(pk_list, form)
-                msg = 'Updated {} {}'.format(updated_count, self.cls._meta.verbose_name_plural)
-                messages.success(self.request, msg)
-                UserAction.objects.log_bulk_edit(request.user, ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.cls), msg)
-
+                if updated_count:
+                    msg = 'Updated {} {}'.format(updated_count, self.cls._meta.verbose_name_plural)
+                    messages.success(self.request, msg)
+                    UserAction.objects.log_bulk_edit(request.user, ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.cls), msg)
                 return redirect(redirect_url)
 
         else: