diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 0c804716a2aa..627cd24b7c0d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3241,6 +3241,10 @@ static void addrconf_addr_gen(struct inet6_dev *idev, bool prefix_route)
 	if (netif_is_l3_master(idev->dev))
 		return;
 
+	/* no link local addresses on devices flagged as slaves */
+	if (idev->dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE)
+		return;
+
 	ipv6_addr_set(&addr, htonl(0xFE800000), 0, 0, 0);
 
 	switch (idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode) {