diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 71a169740d05..2fee00a4c9ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
 	/* If this is the first slave, then we need to set the master's hardware
 	 * address to be the same as the slave's. */
-	if (bond->slave_cnt == 0)
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(bond->dev->dev_addr))
 		memcpy(bond->dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr,
 		       slave_dev->addr_len);