diff --git a/cli/command/container/opts_test.go b/cli/command/container/opts_test.go
index e86e7a7746..54a39ce816 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/opts_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/opts_test.go
@@ -290,10 +290,15 @@ func TestParseWithMacAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, _, _, err := parseRun([]string{invalidMacAddress, "img", "cmd"}); err != nil && err.Error() != "invalidMacAddress is not a valid mac address" {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected an error with %v mac-address, got %v", invalidMacAddress, err)
 	}
-	if config, _, _ := mustParse(t, validMacAddress); config.MacAddress != "92:d0:c6:0a:29:33" { //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019: field is deprecated, but still used on API < v1.44.
+	config, hostConfig, nwConfig := mustParse(t, validMacAddress)
+	if config.MacAddress != "92:d0:c6:0a:29:33" { //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019: field is deprecated, but still used on API < v1.44.
 		t.Fatalf("Expected the config to have '92:d0:c6:0a:29:33' as container-wide MacAddress, got '%v'",
 			config.MacAddress) //nolint:staticcheck // ignore SA1019: field is deprecated, but still used on API < v1.44.
 	}
+	defaultNw := hostConfig.NetworkMode.NetworkName()
+	if nwConfig.EndpointsConfig[defaultNw].MacAddress != "92:d0:c6:0a:29:33" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected the default endpoint to have the MacAddress '92:d0:c6:0a:29:33' set, got '%v'", nwConfig.EndpointsConfig[defaultNw].MacAddress)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestRunFlagsParseWithMemory(t *testing.T) {