diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 63369b6b14d4f17ef7b756d81ebf89db3d73e896..67515b78ff91a706cbf75720345bc5f384cebc86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2213,33 +2213,24 @@ static int bond_slave_info_query(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct ifslave *in
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
 	struct slave *slave;
-	int i, found = 0;
-
-	if (info->slave_id < 0) {
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	int i, res = -ENODEV;
 
 	read_lock(&bond->lock);
 
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i) {
 		if (i == (int)info->slave_id) {
-			found = 1;
+			res = 0;
+			strcpy(info->slave_name, slave->dev->name);
+			info->link = slave->link;
+			info->state = slave->state;
+			info->link_failure_count = slave->link_failure_count;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 
-	if (found) {
-		strcpy(info->slave_name, slave->dev->name);
-		info->link = slave->link;
-		info->state = slave->state;
-		info->link_failure_count = slave->link_failure_count;
-	} else {
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return res;
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------- Monitoring -------------------------------*/