diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2c3f9db91b50..4e7473e557ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,13 @@ 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)
+		memcpy(bond->dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr,
+		       slave_dev->addr_len);
+
+
 	new_slave = kzalloc(sizeof(struct slave), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_slave) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index a4cbaf78ad1c..496ac1ec614d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -250,14 +250,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
 	switch (command[0]) {
 	case '+':
 		pr_info("%s: Adding slave %s.\n", bond->dev->name, dev->name);
-
-		/* 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 (is_zero_ether_addr(bond->dev->dev_addr))
-			memcpy(bond->dev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr,
-			       dev->addr_len);
-
 		res = bond_enslave(bond->dev, dev);
 		break;