diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 8bee935c8f90f..20114e1dde77e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ netdev_tx_t bond_tlb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
 				struct bond_up_slave *slaves;
 				unsigned int count;
 
-				slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
+				slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
 				count = slaves ? READ_ONCE(slaves->count) : 0;
 				if (likely(count))
 					tx_slave = slaves->arr[hash_index %
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ netdev_tx_t bond_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
 			struct bond_up_slave *slaves;
 			unsigned int count;
 
-			slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
+			slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
 			count = slaves ? READ_ONCE(slaves->count) : 0;
 			if (likely(count))
 				tx_slave = slaves->arr[bond_xmit_hash(bond, skb) %
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 0e797730bab3a..dc351832b1084 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4073,9 +4073,9 @@ static void bond_skip_slave(struct bond_up_slave *slaves,
  */
 int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave)
 {
+	struct bond_up_slave *usable_slaves, *old_usable_slaves;
 	struct slave *slave;
 	struct list_head *iter;
-	struct bond_up_slave *new_arr, *old_arr;
 	int agg_id = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
@@ -4083,11 +4083,10 @@ int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave)
 	WARN_ON(lockdep_is_held(&bond->mode_lock));
 #endif
 
-	new_arr = kzalloc(offsetof(struct bond_up_slave, arr[bond->slave_cnt]),
-			  GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!new_arr) {
+	usable_slaves = kzalloc(struct_size(usable_slaves, arr,
+					    bond->slave_cnt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!usable_slaves) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		pr_err("Failed to build slave-array.\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
@@ -4095,14 +4094,14 @@ int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave)
 
 		if (bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &ad_info)) {
 			pr_debug("bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info failed\n");
-			kfree_rcu(new_arr, rcu);
+			kfree_rcu(usable_slaves, rcu);
 			/* No active aggragator means it's not safe to use
 			 * the previous array.
 			 */
-			old_arr = rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
-			if (old_arr) {
-				RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->slave_arr, NULL);
-				kfree_rcu(old_arr, rcu);
+			old_usable_slaves = rtnl_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
+			if (old_usable_slaves) {
+				RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->usable_slaves, NULL);
+				kfree_rcu(old_usable_slaves, rcu);
 			}
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -4122,18 +4121,19 @@ int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave)
 			continue;
 
 		slave_dbg(bond->dev, slave->dev, "Adding slave to tx hash array[%d]\n",
-			  new_arr->count);
+			  usable_slaves->count);
 
-		new_arr->arr[new_arr->count++] = slave;
+		usable_slaves->arr[usable_slaves->count++] = slave;
 	}
 
-	old_arr = rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(bond->slave_arr, new_arr);
-	if (old_arr)
-		kfree_rcu(old_arr, rcu);
+	old_usable_slaves = rtnl_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(bond->usable_slaves, usable_slaves);
+	if (old_usable_slaves)
+		kfree_rcu(old_usable_slaves, rcu);
 out:
 	if (ret != 0 && skipslave)
-		bond_skip_slave(rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr), skipslave);
+		bond_skip_slave(rtnl_dereference(bond->usable_slaves),
+				skipslave);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4150,7 +4150,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_3ad_xor_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct bond_up_slave *slaves;
 	unsigned int count;
 
-	slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
+	slaves = rcu_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
 	count = slaves ? READ_ONCE(slaves->count) : 0;
 	if (likely(count)) {
 		slave = slaves->arr[bond_xmit_hash(bond, skb) % count];
@@ -4457,9 +4457,9 @@ static void bond_uninit(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 		__bond_release_one(bond_dev, slave->dev, true, true);
 	netdev_info(bond_dev, "Released all slaves\n");
 
-	arr = rtnl_dereference(bond->slave_arr);
+	arr = rtnl_dereference(bond->usable_slaves);
 	if (arr) {
-		RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->slave_arr, NULL);
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(bond->usable_slaves, NULL);
 		kfree_rcu(arr, rcu);
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 1bee8fdff7db0..69ceb5b4a8d68 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct bonding {
 	struct   slave __rcu *curr_active_slave;
 	struct   slave __rcu *current_arp_slave;
 	struct   slave __rcu *primary_slave;
-	struct   bond_up_slave __rcu *slave_arr; /* Array of usable slaves */
+	struct   bond_up_slave __rcu *usable_slaves; /* Array of usable slaves */
 	bool     force_primary;
 	s32      slave_cnt; /* never change this value outside the attach/detach wrappers */
 	int     (*recv_probe)(const struct sk_buff *, struct bonding *,