1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 1c9e09fbdff8..db103e03ba05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ int bond_create_slave_symlinks(struct net_device *master,
         sprintf(linkname, "slave_%s", slave->name);
         ret = sysfs_create_link(&(master->dev.kobj), &(slave->dev.kobj),
                                 linkname);
+
+        /* free the master link created earlier in case of error */
+        if (ret)
+                sysfs_remove_link(&(slave->dev.kobj), "master");
+
         return ret;
 
 }