diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_ipv6.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_ipv6.c
index 121b073a6c3f..84fbd4ebd778 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_ipv6.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_ipv6.c
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ static void bond_na_send(struct net_device *slave_dev,
 	}
 
 	if (vlan_id) {
-		skb = vlan_put_tag(skb, vlan_id);
+		/* The Ethernet header is not present yet, so it is
+		 * too early to insert a VLAN tag.  Force use of an
+		 * out-of-line tag here and let dev_hard_start_xmit()
+		 * insert it if the slave hardware can't.
+		 */
+		skb = __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, vlan_id);
 		if (!skb) {
 			pr_err("failed to insert VLAN tag\n");
 			return;