1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f96ed76d8fa4..79b79f3de24c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2268,6 +2268,9 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
                 break;
         case NETDEV_UP:
         case NETDEV_CHANGE:
+                if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE)
+                        break;
+
                 if (event == NETDEV_UP) {
                         if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
                                 /* device is not ready yet. */