diff --git a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
index 04ac3a3d2..3f43afa40 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/filtersets.py
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ class DeviceFilterSet(
         label=_('Is full depth'),
     )
     mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter(
-        field_name='interfaces__mac_address',
+        field_name='interfaces___mac_address',
         label=_('MAC address'),
     )
     serial = MultiValueCharFilter(
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ class InterfaceFilterSet(
     duplex = django_filters.MultipleChoiceFilter(
         choices=InterfaceDuplexChoices
     )
-    mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter()
+    # mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter()
     wwn = MultiValueWWNFilter()
     poe_mode = django_filters.MultipleChoiceFilter(
         choices=InterfacePoEModeChoices
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
index ac20173f2..546d282be 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_edit.py
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ class PowerOutletBulkEditForm(
 class InterfaceBulkEditForm(
     ComponentBulkEditForm,
     form_from_model(Interface, [
-        'label', 'type', 'parent', 'bridge', 'lag', 'speed', 'duplex', 'mac_address', 'wwn', 'mtu', 'mgmt_only',
+        'label', 'type', 'parent', 'bridge', 'lag', 'speed', 'duplex', '_mac_address', 'wwn', 'mtu', 'mgmt_only',
         'mark_connected', 'description', 'mode', 'rf_role', 'rf_channel', 'rf_channel_frequency', 'rf_channel_width',
         'tx_power', 'wireless_lans'
     ])
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
index e34db0016..8be9a5c44 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ class InterfaceImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
         model = Interface
         fields = (
             'device', 'name', 'label', 'parent', 'bridge', 'lag', 'type', 'speed', 'duplex', 'enabled',
-            'mark_connected', 'mac_address', 'wwn', 'vdcs', 'mtu', 'mgmt_only', 'description', 'poe_mode', 'poe_type', 'mode',
+            'mark_connected', '_mac_address', 'wwn', 'vdcs', 'mtu', 'mgmt_only', 'description', 'poe_mode', 'poe_type', 'mode',
             'vrf', 'rf_role', 'rf_channel', 'rf_channel_frequency', 'rf_channel_width', 'tx_power', 'tags'
         )
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/graphql/types.py b/netbox/dcim/graphql/types.py
index cd863837a..75c927ffd 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/graphql/types.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/graphql/types.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class FrontPortTemplateType(ModularComponentTemplateType):
     filters=InterfaceFilter
 )
 class InterfaceType(IPAddressesMixin, ModularComponentType, CabledObjectMixin, PathEndpointMixin):
-    mac_address: str | None
+    _mac_address: str | None
     wwn: str | None
     parent: Annotated["InterfaceType", strawberry.lazy('dcim.graphql.types')] | None
     bridge: Annotated["InterfaceType", strawberry.lazy('dcim.graphql.types')] | None
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py b/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
index a5bc2f604..d635219f6 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models/device_components.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from dcim.choices import *
 from dcim.constants import *
 from dcim.fields import MACAddressField, WWNField
 from netbox.choices import ColorChoices
-from netbox.models import OrganizationalModel, NetBoxModel
+from netbox.models import OrganizationalModel, NetBoxModel, PrimaryModel
 from utilities.fields import ColorField, NaturalOrderingField
 from utilities.mptt import TreeManager
 from utilities.ordering import naturalize_interface
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ __all__ = (
     'Interface',
     'InventoryItem',
     'InventoryItemRole',
+    'MACAddress',
     'ModuleBay',
     'PathEndpoint',
     'PowerOutlet',
@@ -509,7 +510,7 @@ class BaseInterface(models.Model):
         verbose_name=_('enabled'),
         default=True
     )
-    mac_address = MACAddressField(
+    _mac_address = MACAddressField(
         null=True,
         blank=True,
         verbose_name=_('MAC address')
@@ -575,6 +576,12 @@ class BaseInterface(models.Model):
     def count_fhrp_groups(self):
         return self.fhrp_group_assignments.count()
 
+    @property
+    def mac_address(self):
+        if macaddress := self.macaddress_set.first():
+            return macaddress.mac_address
+        return None
+
 
 class Interface(ModularComponentModel, BaseInterface, CabledObjectModel, PathEndpoint, TrackingModelMixin):
     """
@@ -1323,3 +1330,29 @@ class InventoryItem(MPTTModel, ComponentModel, TrackingModelMixin):
 
     def get_status_color(self):
         return InventoryItemStatusChoices.colors.get(self.status)
+
+
+class MACAddress(PrimaryModel):
+    mac_address = MACAddressField(
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        verbose_name=_('MAC address')
+    )
+    interface = models.ForeignKey(
+        to='dcim.Interface',
+        on_delete=models.PROTECT,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        verbose_name=_('Interface')
+    )
+    vm_interface = models.ForeignKey(
+        to='virtualization.VMInterface',
+        on_delete=models.PROTECT,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        verbose_name=_('VM Interface')
+    )
+    is_primary = models.BooleanField(
+        verbose_name=_('is primary for interface'),
+        default=False
+    )
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/filtersets.py b/netbox/virtualization/filtersets.py
index ec0831f9f..699661c0c 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/filtersets.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/filtersets.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class VirtualMachineFilterSet(
         label=_('Platform (slug)'),
     )
     mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter(
-        field_name='interfaces__mac_address',
+        field_name='interfaces___mac_address',
         label=_('MAC address'),
     )
     has_primary_ip = django_filters.BooleanFilter(
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class VMInterfaceFilterSet(NetBoxModelFilterSet, CommonInterfaceFilterSet):
         queryset=VMInterface.objects.all(),
         label=_('Bridged interface (ID)'),
     )
-    mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter(
+    _mac_address = MultiValueMACAddressFilter(
         label=_('MAC address'),
     )
 
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/forms/bulk_import.py b/netbox/virtualization/forms/bulk_import.py
index 17efc567a..68d41a645 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/forms/bulk_import.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/forms/bulk_import.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class VMInterfaceImportForm(NetBoxModelImportForm):
     class Meta:
         model = VMInterface
         fields = (
-            'virtual_machine', 'name', 'parent', 'bridge', 'enabled', 'mac_address', 'mtu', 'description', 'mode',
+            'virtual_machine', 'name', 'parent', 'bridge', 'enabled', '_mac_address', 'mtu', 'description', 'mode',
             'vrf', 'tags'
         )
 
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/graphql/types.py b/netbox/virtualization/graphql/types.py
index 2d872322b..663fa6bd4 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/graphql/types.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/graphql/types.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class VirtualMachineType(ConfigContextMixin, ContactsMixin, NetBoxObjectType):
     filters=VMInterfaceFilter
 )
 class VMInterfaceType(IPAddressesMixin, ComponentType):
-    mac_address: str | None
+    _mac_address: str | None
     parent: Annotated["VMInterfaceType", strawberry.lazy('virtualization.graphql.types')] | None
     bridge: Annotated["VMInterfaceType", strawberry.lazy('virtualization.graphql.types')] | None
     untagged_vlan: Annotated["VLANType", strawberry.lazy('ipam.graphql.types')] | None