diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f15d5321bc86..c6e4c207c21d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 373500db927706d1f60785aff40b9884f789b01a
+refs/heads/master: 5c5129b54f2f346c86cd23fea67e71b45f7f84ff
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 395f3b160a75..55bf34f59bbf 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/inet.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 #include "bonding.h"
@@ -275,10 +276,9 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
 		/* If this is the first slave, then we need to set
 		   the master's hardware address to be the same as the
 		   slave's. */
-		if (!(*((u32 *) & (bond->dev->dev_addr[0])))) {
+		if (is_zero_ether_addr(bond->dev->dev_addr))
 			memcpy(bond->dev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr,
 			       dev->addr_len);
-		}
 
 		/* Set the slave's MTU to match the bond */
 		original_mtu = dev->mtu;