diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index e1dc94f01cb5..2816b6fc1739 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1746,14 +1746,15 @@ void bond_lower_state_changed(struct slave *slave)
 
 /* The bonding driver uses ether_setup() to convert a master bond device
  * to ARPHRD_ETHER, that resets the target netdevice's flags so we always
- * have to restore the IFF_MASTER flag, and only restore IFF_SLAVE if it was set
+ * have to restore the IFF_MASTER flag, and only restore IFF_SLAVE and IFF_UP
+ * if they were set
  */
 static void bond_ether_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
-	unsigned int slave_flag = bond_dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE;
+	unsigned int flags = bond_dev->flags & (IFF_SLAVE | IFF_UP);
 
 	ether_setup(bond_dev);
-	bond_dev->flags |= IFF_MASTER | slave_flag;
+	bond_dev->flags |= IFF_MASTER | flags;
 	bond_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
 }