diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 5ab3c1847e6760e2f3ef7d2ec35085c2d4bf655b..4d97e23eb4972f3a977114fa6e167d6f1c923bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -398,20 +398,31 @@ static size_t bond_get_size(const struct net_device *bond_dev)
 		0;
 }
 
+static int bond_option_active_slave_get_ifindex(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+	const struct net_device *slave;
+	int ifindex;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	slave = bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(bond);
+	ifindex = slave ? slave->ifindex : 0;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ifindex;
+}
+
 static int bond_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  const struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
-	struct net_device *slave_dev = bond_option_active_slave_get(bond);
-	struct nlattr *targets;
 	unsigned int packets_per_slave;
-	int i, targets_added;
+	int ifindex, i, targets_added;
+	struct nlattr *targets;
 
 	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_MODE, BOND_MODE(bond)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (slave_dev &&
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE, slave_dev->ifindex))
+	ifindex = bond_option_active_slave_get_ifindex(bond);
+	if (ifindex && nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE, ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_MIIMON, bond->params.miimon))
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 540e0167bf24992037165d82c5af307d85f15f02..b26271fd7b096b446bbd10d318ea4a821564169a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -704,11 +704,6 @@ struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(struct bonding *bond)
 	return __bond_option_active_slave_get(bond, slave);
 }
 
-struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get(struct bonding *bond)
-{
-	return __bond_option_active_slave_get(bond, bond->curr_active_slave);
-}
-
 static int bond_option_active_slave_set(struct bonding *bond,
 					const struct bond_opt_value *newval)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 0b4d9cde0b05e33a34e5deaec3b28126f1cba8e1..713e2a99c661b63c2db02a0240bbf1a5ba166348 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ unsigned int bond_get_num_tx_queues(void);
 int bond_netlink_init(void);
 void bond_netlink_fini(void);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(struct bonding *bond);
-struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get(struct bonding *bond);
 const char *bond_slave_link_status(s8 link);
 bool bond_verify_device_path(struct net_device *start_dev,
 			     struct net_device *end_dev,