diff --git a/dpdk/vr_dpdk_interface.c b/dpdk/vr_dpdk_interface.c
index 957d2b2d4..df4edfc21 100644
--- a/dpdk/vr_dpdk_interface.c
+++ b/dpdk/vr_dpdk_interface.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ dpdk_find_pci_addr_by_port(struct rte_pci_addr *addr, uint8_t port_id)
 }
 
 static inline void
-dpdk_set_hw_vlan_filter_strip(uint32_t port_id, struct vr_interface *vif)
+dpdk_set_addr_vlan_filter_strip(uint32_t port_id, struct vr_interface *vif)
 {
     uint32_t i, ret;
     uint8_t *port_id_ptr;
@@ -178,6 +178,25 @@ dpdk_set_hw_vlan_filter_strip(uint32_t port_id, struct vr_interface *vif)
          * TODO: vf_lcore_id check for SR-IOV VF should be a per-interface
          * check to handle the case where a bond has a VF and a PF in it.
          */
+
+        /*
+         * Set the MAC address of slave interfaces. Doing it from the bond driver in
+         * DPDK doesn't seem to work on SR-IOV VFs.
+         */
+        if ((ethdev->ethdev_nb_slaves != -1) && vr_dpdk.vf_lcore_id) {
+            ret = rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(*port_id_ptr,
+                    (struct ether_addr *)vif->vif_mac);
+            if (ret == 0) {
+                RTE_LOG(INFO, VROUTER, "Bond slave port %d now uses vif MAC "
+                        MAC_FORMAT "\n",
+                        *port_id_ptr, MAC_VALUE(vif->vif_mac));
+            } else {
+                RTE_LOG(ERR, VROUTER, "Error setting vif MAC to bond slave port %d: "
+                        "%s (%d)\n",
+                        *port_id_ptr, rte_strerror(-ret), -ret);
+            }
+        }
+
         if ((vr_dpdk.vlan_tag != VLAN_ID_INVALID) && vr_dpdk.vf_lcore_id) {
             ret = rte_eth_dev_set_vlan_offload(*port_id_ptr, ETH_VLAN_FILTER_OFFLOAD);
             if (ret) {
@@ -465,7 +484,7 @@ dpdk_fabric_if_add(struct vr_interface *vif)
 #endif
 
     /* Set hardware VLAN stripping */
-    dpdk_set_hw_vlan_filter_strip(port_id, vif);
+    dpdk_set_addr_vlan_filter_strip(port_id, vif);
 
     /* schedule RX/TX queues */
     return vr_dpdk_lcore_if_schedule(vif, vr_dpdk_lcore_least_used_get(),