diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 142d55dc526e..2e8b9f1e2747 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1382,8 +1382,6 @@ static void bond_compute_features(struct bonding *bond)
 static void bond_setup_by_slave(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 				struct net_device *slave_dev)
 {
-	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
-
 	bond_dev->header_ops	    = slave_dev->header_ops;
 
 	bond_dev->type		    = slave_dev->type;
@@ -1392,7 +1390,6 @@ static void bond_setup_by_slave(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 
 	memcpy(bond_dev->broadcast, slave_dev->broadcast,
 		slave_dev->addr_len);
-	bond->setup_by_slave = 1;
 }
 
 /* On bonding slaves other than the currently active slave, suppress
@@ -3187,7 +3184,7 @@ static int bond_slave_netdev_event(unsigned long event,
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-		if (bond->setup_by_slave)
+		if (bond_dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
 			bond_release_and_destroy(bond_dev, slave_dev);
 		else
 			bond_release(bond_dev, slave_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 3fb73cc8c34a..c6c8d03562e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ struct bonding {
 	rwlock_t lock;
 	rwlock_t curr_slave_lock;
 	u8	 send_peer_notif;
-	s8	 setup_by_slave;
 	u8       igmp_retrans;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct   proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;