diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 19eb990d398c03affd47a3a50e01ad0571427aa8..317a49480475d2c87fb5a4aa56716844ce21005a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -689,40 +689,57 @@ static void bond_do_fail_over_mac(struct bonding *bond,
 
 }
 
-static bool bond_should_change_active(struct bonding *bond)
+static struct slave *bond_choose_primary_or_current(struct bonding *bond)
 {
 	struct slave *prim = rtnl_dereference(bond->primary_slave);
 	struct slave *curr = rtnl_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave);
 
-	if (!prim || !curr || curr->link != BOND_LINK_UP)
-		return true;
+	if (!prim || prim->link != BOND_LINK_UP) {
+		if (!curr || curr->link != BOND_LINK_UP)
+			return NULL;
+		return curr;
+	}
+
 	if (bond->force_primary) {
 		bond->force_primary = false;
-		return true;
+		return prim;
+	}
+
+	if (!curr || curr->link != BOND_LINK_UP)
+		return prim;
+
+	/* At this point, prim and curr are both up */
+	switch (bond->params.primary_reselect) {
+	case BOND_PRI_RESELECT_ALWAYS:
+		return prim;
+	case BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER:
+		if (prim->speed < curr->speed)
+			return curr;
+		if (prim->speed == curr->speed && prim->duplex <= curr->duplex)
+			return curr;
+		return prim;
+	case BOND_PRI_RESELECT_FAILURE:
+		return curr;
+	default:
+		netdev_err(bond->dev, "impossible primary_reselect %d\n",
+			   bond->params.primary_reselect);
+		return curr;
 	}
-	if (bond->params.primary_reselect == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER &&
-	    (prim->speed < curr->speed ||
-	     (prim->speed == curr->speed && prim->duplex <= curr->duplex)))
-		return false;
-	if (bond->params.primary_reselect == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_FAILURE)
-		return false;
-	return true;
 }
 
 /**
- * find_best_interface - select the best available slave to be the active one
+ * bond_find_best_slave - select the best available slave to be the active one
  * @bond: our bonding struct
  */
 static struct slave *bond_find_best_slave(struct bonding *bond)
 {
-	struct slave *slave, *bestslave = NULL, *primary;
+	struct slave *slave, *bestslave = NULL;
 	struct list_head *iter;
 	int mintime = bond->params.updelay;
 
-	primary = rtnl_dereference(bond->primary_slave);
-	if (primary && primary->link == BOND_LINK_UP &&
-	    bond_should_change_active(bond))
-		return primary;
+	slave = bond_choose_primary_or_current(bond);
+	if (slave)
+		return slave;
 
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
 		if (slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP)