diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
index 7d16c51e6..641a532b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ static SLAVE_ATTR_RO(link_failure_count);
 
 static ssize_t perm_hwaddr_show(struct slave *slave, char *buf)
 {
-	return sprintf(buf, "%pM\n", slave->perm_hwaddr);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%*phC\n",
+		       slave->dev->addr_len,
+		       slave->perm_hwaddr);
 }
 static SLAVE_ATTR_RO(perm_hwaddr);