diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 170c7fce1b44797d3458e2e017e05d7650977bc3..3eb464cb874446d9ead20abd325df1b7fdfee101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -72,19 +72,24 @@
 	res; })
 
 /* slave list primitives */
-#define bond_has_slaves(bond) !list_empty(&(bond)->dev->adj_list.lower)
+#define bond_slave_list(bond) (&(bond)->dev->adj_list.lower)
+
+#define bond_has_slaves(bond) !list_empty(bond_slave_list(bond))
 
 #define bond_to_slave(ptr) list_entry(ptr, struct slave, list)
 
 /* IMPORTANT: bond_first/last_slave can return NULL in case of an empty list */
 #define bond_first_slave(bond) \
-	list_first_entry_or_null(&(bond)->slave_list, struct slave, list)
+	(bond_has_slaves(bond) ? \
+		netdev_adjacent_get_private(bond_slave_list(bond)->next) : \
+		NULL)
 #define bond_last_slave(bond) \
-	(list_empty(&(bond)->slave_list) ? NULL : \
-					   bond_to_slave((bond)->slave_list.prev))
+	(bond_has_slaves(bond) ? \
+		netdev_adjacent_get_private(bond_slave_list(bond)->prev) : \
+		NULL)
 
-#define bond_is_first_slave(bond, pos) ((pos)->list.prev == &(bond)->slave_list)
-#define bond_is_last_slave(bond, pos) ((pos)->list.next == &(bond)->slave_list)
+#define bond_is_first_slave(bond, pos) (pos == bond_first_slave(bond))
+#define bond_is_last_slave(bond, pos) (pos == bond_last_slave(bond))
 
 /* Since bond_first/last_slave can return NULL, these can return NULL too */
 #define bond_next_slave(bond, pos) \