diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 832739f38db4cd43adef5cb922430f2b86fb9ceb..85de1d04d1ee236990685d52b29b3934007ff395 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2376,6 +2376,9 @@ static void bond_miimon_commit(struct bonding *bond)
 			continue;
 
 		case BOND_LINK_DOWN:
+			if (slave->link_failure_count < UINT_MAX)
+				slave->link_failure_count++;
+
 			slave->link = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
 
 			if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP ||