diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 59a12c61ceb4..a89bf18caa79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3945,7 +3945,7 @@ void bond_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	/* Initialize the device options */
 	bond_dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
 	bond_dev->flags |= IFF_MASTER|IFF_MULTICAST;
-	bond_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_BONDING;
+	bond_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_BONDING | IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 	bond_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING);
 
 	/* At first, we block adding VLANs. That's the only way to