diff --git a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh b/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

index 4698618c..6b3194bd 100644

--- a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

+++ b/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

@@ -854,7 +854,11 @@ function handle_physdev () {

     DebugPrint "$network_interface is a physical device"

-    mac="$( cat $sysfspath/address )" || BugError "Could not read a MAC address for '$network_interface'."

+    if [ -e $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr ] ; then

+        mac="$( cat $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr )"

+    else

+        mac="$( cat $sysfspath/address )" || BugError "Could not read a MAC address for '$network_interface'."

+    fi

     # Skip fake interfaces without MAC address

     [ "$mac" != "00:00:00:00:00:00" ] || return $rc_error