diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 3151acf5ec13afb34480a28a3f4a73deae69990a..d2bda8eb08ecb12095e571faba5b68e689ffb224 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -210,9 +210,12 @@ static void netpoll_poll_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE) {
 		if (ni) {
-			struct net_device *bond_dev = dev->master;
+			struct net_device *bond_dev;
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
-			struct netpoll_info *bond_ni = rcu_dereference_bh(bond_dev->npinfo);
+			struct netpoll_info *bond_ni;
+
+			bond_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
+			bond_ni = rcu_dereference_bh(bond_dev->npinfo);
 			while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&ni->arp_tx))) {
 				skb->dev = bond_dev;
 				skb_queue_tail(&bond_ni->arp_tx, skb);
@@ -815,7 +818,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (ndev->master) {
+	if (netdev_master_upper_dev_get(ndev)) {
 		np_err(np, "%s is a slave device, aborting\n", np->dev_name);
 		err = -EBUSY;
 		goto put;