int bond_3ad_xmit_xor(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-       struct slave *slave, *start_at;
        struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(dev);
+       struct slave *slave, *first_ok_slave;
+       struct aggregator *agg;
+       struct ad_info ad_info;
        struct list_head *iter;
-       int slave_agg_no;
        int slaves_in_agg;
-       int agg_id;
-       int i;
-       struct ad_info ad_info;
+       int slave_agg_no;
        int res = 1;
+       int agg_id;
 
        read_lock(&bond->lock);
        if (__bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &ad_info)) {
        agg_id = ad_info.aggregator_id;
 
        if (slaves_in_agg == 0) {
-               /*the aggregator is empty*/
                pr_debug("%s: Error: active aggregator is empty\n", dev->name);
                goto out;
        }
 
        slave_agg_no = bond->xmit_hash_policy(skb, slaves_in_agg);
+       first_ok_slave = NULL;
 
        bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
-               struct aggregator *agg = SLAVE_AD_INFO(slave).port.aggregator;
+               agg = SLAVE_AD_INFO(slave).port.aggregator;
+               if (!agg || agg->aggregator_identifier != agg_id)
+                       continue;
 
-               if (agg && (agg->aggregator_identifier == agg_id)) {
+               if (slave_agg_no >= 0) {
+                       if (!first_ok_slave && SLAVE_IS_OK(slave))
+                               first_ok_slave = slave;
                        slave_agg_no--;
-                       if (slave_agg_no < 0)
-                               break;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (SLAVE_IS_OK(slave)) {
+                       res = bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb, slave->dev);
+                       goto out;
                }
        }
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       start_at = slave;
-
-       bond_for_each_slave_from(bond, slave, i, start_at) {
-               int slave_agg_id = 0;
-               struct aggregator *agg = SLAVE_AD_INFO(slave).port.aggregator;
-
-               if (agg)
-                       slave_agg_id = agg->aggregator_identifier;
-
-               if (SLAVE_IS_OK(slave) && agg && (slave_agg_id == agg_id)) {
-                       res = bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb, slave->dev);
-                       break;
-               }
-       }
+       /* we couldn't find any suitable slave after the agg_no, so use the
+        * first suitable found, if found. */
+       if (first_ok_slave)
+               res = bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb, first_ok_slave->dev);
 
 out:
        read_unlock(&bond->lock);