diff --git a/net/core/failover.c b/net/core/failover.c
index 655411c4ca51db8d3c6f5f1f4ace57771b50f0d2..2a140b3ea66942f0347641762c97cc0df51c6298 100644
--- a/net/core/failover.c
+++ b/net/core/failover.c
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ static int failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev)
 		goto err_upper_link;
 	}
 
-	slave_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
+	slave_dev->priv_flags |= (IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF);
 
 	if (fops && fops->slave_register &&
 	    !fops->slave_register(slave_dev, failover_dev))
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
 	netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, failover_dev);
-	slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
+	slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF);
 err_upper_link:
 	netdev_rx_handler_unregister(slave_dev);
 done:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int failover_slave_unregister(struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
 	netdev_rx_handler_unregister(slave_dev);
 	netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, failover_dev);
-	slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
+	slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_NO_ADDRCONF);
 
 	if (fops && fops->slave_unregister &&
 	    !fops->slave_unregister(slave_dev, failover_dev))