1 files changed, 26 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2e70e43c5df5..f7aded014f08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4087,6 +4087,29 @@ err:
 	bond_slave_arr_work_rearm(bond, 1);
 }
 
+static void bond_skip_slave(struct bond_up_slave *slaves,
+			    struct slave *skipslave)
+{
+	int idx;
+
+	/* Rare situation where caller has asked to skip a specific
+	 * slave but allocation failed (most likely!). BTW this is
+	 * only possible when the call is initiated from
+	 * __bond_release_one(). In this situation; overwrite the
+	 * skipslave entry in the array with the last entry from the
+	 * array to avoid a situation where the xmit path may choose
+	 * this to-be-skipped slave to send a packet out.
+	 */
+	for (idx = 0; slaves && idx < slaves->count; idx++) {
+		if (skipslave == slaves->arr[idx]) {
+			slaves->arr[idx] =
+				slaves->arr[slaves->count - 1];
+			slaves->count--;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /* Build the usable slaves array in control path for modes that use xmit-hash
  * to determine the slave interface -
  * (a) BOND_MODE_8023AD
@@ -4156,27 +4179,9 @@ int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave)
 	if (old_arr)
 		kfree_rcu(old_arr, rcu);
 out:
-	if (ret != 0 && skipslave) {
-		int idx;
-
-		/* Rare situation where caller has asked to skip a specific
-		 * slave but allocation failed (most likely!). BTW this is
-		 * only possible when the call is initiated from
-		 * __bond_release_one(). In this situation; overwrite the
-		 * skipslave entry in the array with the last entry from the
-		 * array to avoid a situation where the xmit path may choose
-		 * this to-be-skipped slave to send a packet out.
-		 */
-		old_arr = rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
-		for (idx = 0; old_arr != NULL && idx < old_arr->count; idx++) {
-			if (skipslave == old_arr->arr[idx]) {
-				old_arr->arr[idx] =
-				    old_arr->arr[old_arr->count-1];
-				old_arr->count--;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	if (ret != 0 && skipslave)
+		bond_skip_slave(rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr), skipslave);
+
 	return ret;
 }