1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 2d7d6d473781..18d9cbda3a39 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -792,6 +792,13 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
 
+        if (ndev->master) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s is a slave device, aborting.\n",
+                       np->name, np->dev_name);
+                err = -EBUSY;
+                goto put;
+        }
+
         if (!netif_running(ndev)) {
                 unsigned long atmost, atleast;