diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 8322129c3f987..240d7850c8252 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ static void bond_setup_by_slave(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 
 	bond_dev->type		    = slave_dev->type;
 	bond_dev->hard_header_len   = slave_dev->hard_header_len;
+	bond_dev->needed_headroom   = slave_dev->needed_headroom;
 	bond_dev->addr_len	    = slave_dev->addr_len;
 
 	memcpy(bond_dev->broadcast, slave_dev->broadcast,