diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 415a37e44cae..c5d3032dd1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2948,6 +2948,9 @@ static int bond_ab_arp_inspect(struct bonding *bond)
 			if (bond_time_in_interval(bond, last_rx, 1)) {
 				bond_propose_link_state(slave, BOND_LINK_UP);
 				commit++;
+			} else if (slave->link == BOND_LINK_BACK) {
+				bond_propose_link_state(slave, BOND_LINK_FAIL);
+				commit++;
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -3056,6 +3059,19 @@ static void bond_ab_arp_commit(struct bonding *bond)
 
 			continue;
 
+		case BOND_LINK_FAIL:
+			bond_set_slave_link_state(slave, BOND_LINK_FAIL,
+						  BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
+			bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(slave,
+						      BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_NOW);
+
+			/* A slave has just been enslaved and has become
+			 * the current active slave.
+			 */
+			if (rtnl_dereference(bond->curr_active_slave))
+				RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->current_arp_slave, NULL);
+			continue;
+
 		default:
 			slave_err(bond->dev, slave->dev,
 				  "impossible: link_new_state %d on slave\n",
@@ -3106,8 +3122,6 @@ static bool bond_ab_arp_probe(struct bonding *bond)
 			return should_notify_rtnl;
 	}
 
-	bond_set_slave_inactive_flags(curr_arp_slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
-
 	bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
 		if (!found && !before && bond_slave_is_up(slave))
 			before = slave;