1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 90449a0f2a6c..6d00c3de1a83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,8 @@ static int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_de
         int old_features = bond_dev->features;
         int res = 0;
 
-        if (slave_dev->do_ioctl == NULL) {
+        if (!bond->params.use_carrier && slave_dev->ethtool_ops == NULL &&
+                slave_dev->do_ioctl == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
                        ": Warning : no link monitoring support for %s\n",
                        slave_dev->name);