diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index e15f64f22fa8..10ce86bf228e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3557,12 +3557,16 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 		fallthrough;
 	case NETDEV_UP:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
-		if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE)
-			break;
-
 		if (idev && idev->cnf.disable_ipv6)
 			break;
 
+		if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE) {
+			if (event == NETDEV_UP && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(idev) &&
+			    dev->flags & IFF_UP && dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)
+				ipv6_mc_up(idev);
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (event == NETDEV_UP) {
 			/* restore routes for permanent addresses */
 			addrconf_permanent_addr(net, dev);