diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index b29393831a30..7091b018078b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -973,7 +973,8 @@ static int alb_upper_dev_walk(struct net_device *upper,
 	if (netif_is_macvlan(upper) && !strict_match) {
 		tags = bond_verify_device_path(bond->dev, upper, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tags))
-			BUG();
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
 		alb_send_lp_vid(slave, upper->dev_addr,
 				tags[0].vlan_proto, tags[0].vlan_id);
 		kfree(tags);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 9aed194d308d..1ecd0c136fc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2893,8 +2893,11 @@ struct bond_vlan_tag *bond_verify_device_path(struct net_device *start_dev,
 
 	if (start_dev == end_dev) {
 		tags = kcalloc(level + 1, sizeof(*tags), GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!tags)
+		if (!tags) {
+			net_err_ratelimited("%s: %s: Failed to allocate tags\n",
+					    __func__, start_dev->name);
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		}
 		tags[level].vlan_proto = VLAN_N_VID;
 		return tags;
 	}