diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f7767afe116b..6a4bbd5aa3e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ static void bond_miimon_commit(struct bonding *bond)
 
 			bond_miimon_link_change(bond, slave, BOND_LINK_UP);
 
-			if (!bond->curr_active_slave || slave == primary)
+			if (!rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave) || slave == primary)
 				goto do_failover;
 
 			continue;