diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index b979c265fc51..089a4028859d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3850,7 +3850,8 @@ static inline int bond_slave_override(struct bonding *bond,
 	/* Find out if any slaves have the same mapping as this skb. */
 	bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
 		if (slave->queue_id == skb->queue_mapping) {
-			if (bond_slave_can_tx(slave)) {
+			if (bond_slave_is_up(slave) &&
+			    slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP) {
 				bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb, slave->dev);
 				return 0;
 			}