diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index c1fb92602e46..707419270ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ int bond_rcv_validate(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
 	} else if (is_arp) {
 		return bond_arp_rcv(skb, bond, slave);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	} else if (is_ipv6) {
+	} else if (is_ipv6 && likely(ipv6_mod_enabled())) {
 		return bond_na_rcv(skb, bond, slave);
 #endif
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 443053a76dcf..a7421382a916 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -333,7 +333,12 @@ struct tcp6_timewait_sock {
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-bool ipv6_mod_enabled(void);
+extern int disable_ipv6_mod;
+
+static inline bool ipv6_mod_enabled(void)
+{
+	return disable_ipv6_mod == 0;
+}
 
 static inline struct ipv6_pinfo *inet6_sk(const struct sock *__sk)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index a77d23fe2359..78b548158fb0 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -2228,6 +2228,9 @@ static int bpf_out_neigh_v6(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(!ipv6_mod_enabled()))
+		goto out_drop;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (!nh) {
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
@@ -2335,6 +2338,10 @@ static int bpf_out_neigh_v4(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		neigh = ip_neigh_for_gw(rt, skb, &is_v6gw);
 	} else if (nh->nh_family == AF_INET6) {
+		if (unlikely(!ipv6_mod_enabled())) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			goto out_drop;
+		}
 		neigh = ip_neigh_gw6(dev, &nh->ipv6_nh);
 		is_v6gw = true;
 	} else if (nh->nh_family == AF_INET) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 8036e76aa1e4..c7731e300a44 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@
 
 #include <trace/events/sock.h>
 
+/* Keep the definition of IPv6 disable here for now, to avoid annoying linker
+ * issues in case IPv6=m
+ */
+int disable_ipv6_mod;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(disable_ipv6_mod);
+
 /* The inetsw table contains everything that inet_create needs to
  * build a new socket.
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 23cc9b4cb2f1..4cbd45b68088 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ struct ipv6_params ipv6_defaults = {
 	.autoconf = 1,
 };
 
-static int disable_ipv6_mod;
-
 module_param_named(disable, disable_ipv6_mod, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "Disable IPv6 module such that it is non-functional");
 
@@ -97,12 +95,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_ipv6, "Disable IPv6 on all interfaces");
 module_param_named(autoconf, ipv6_defaults.autoconf, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(autoconf, "Enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration on all interfaces");
 
-bool ipv6_mod_enabled(void)
-{
-	return disable_ipv6_mod == 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_mod_enabled);
-
 static struct ipv6_pinfo *inet6_sk_generic(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const int offset = sk->sk_prot->ipv6_pinfo_offset;