diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 3b31c19972d41e95ea98cb410c24e90bd99dd054..976d28e3498a3832bfbcdfe76edc4ed665b5e9cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2610,19 +2610,16 @@ static void bond_arp_send_all(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave)
 
 static void bond_validate_arp(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave, __be32 sip, __be32 tip)
 {
-	int i;
-	__be32 *targets = bond->params.arp_targets;
+	if (!sip || !bond_has_this_ip(bond, tip)) {
+		pr_debug("bva: sip %pI4 tip %pI4 not found\n", &sip, &tip);
+		return;
+	}
 
-	for (i = 0; (i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS) && targets[i]; i++) {
-		pr_debug("bva: sip %pI4 tip %pI4 t[%d] %pI4 bhti(tip) %d\n",
-			 &sip, &tip, i, &targets[i],
-			 bond_has_this_ip(bond, tip));
-		if (sip == targets[i]) {
-			if (bond_has_this_ip(bond, tip))
-				slave->last_arp_rx = jiffies;
-			return;
-		}
+	if (bond_get_targets_ip(bond->params.arp_targets, sip) == -1) {
+		pr_debug("bva: sip %pI4 not found in targets\n", &sip);
+		return;
 	}
+	slave->last_arp_rx = jiffies;
 }
 
 static int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
@@ -4839,7 +4836,7 @@ static int __net_init bond_net_init(struct net *net)
 
 	bond_create_proc_dir(bn);
 	bond_create_sysfs(bn);
-	
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index f8bee4c0cbf10f9fa9d87a8115f907669b9322d4..ece57f146a6069a1d3cf1d019913d53a97f50000 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_targets(struct device *d,
 					 const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	__be32 newtarget;
-	int i = 0, done = 0, ret = count;
+	int i = 0, ret = -EINVAL;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 	__be32 *targets;
 
@@ -602,57 +602,44 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_targets(struct device *d,
 		if ((newtarget == 0) || (newtarget == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST))) {
 			pr_err("%s: invalid ARP target %pI4 specified for addition\n",
 			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		/* look for an empty slot to put the target in, and check for dupes */
-		for (i = 0; (i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS) && !done; i++) {
-			if (targets[i] == newtarget) { /* duplicate */
-				pr_err("%s: ARP target %pI4 is already present\n",
-				       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-				ret = -EINVAL;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			if (targets[i] == 0) {
-				pr_info("%s: adding ARP target %pI4.\n",
-					bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-				done = 1;
-				targets[i] = newtarget;
-			}
+
+		if (bond_get_targets_ip(targets, newtarget) != -1) { /* dup */
+			pr_err("%s: ARP target %pI4 is already present\n",
+			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
+			goto out;
 		}
-		if (!done) {
+
+		i = bond_get_targets_ip(targets, 0); /* first free slot */
+		if (i == -1) {
 			pr_err("%s: ARP target table is full!\n",
 			       bond->dev->name);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		pr_info("%s: adding ARP target %pI4.\n", bond->dev->name,
+			 &newtarget);
+		targets[i] = newtarget;
 	} else if (buf[0] == '-')	{
 		if ((newtarget == 0) || (newtarget == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST))) {
 			pr_err("%s: invalid ARP target %pI4 specified for removal\n",
 			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		for (i = 0; (i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS) && !done; i++) {
-			if (targets[i] == newtarget) {
-				int j;
-				pr_info("%s: removing ARP target %pI4.\n",
-					bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-				for (j = i; (j < (BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS-1)) && targets[j+1]; j++)
-					targets[j] = targets[j+1];
-
-				targets[j] = 0;
-				done = 1;
-			}
-		}
-		if (!done) {
+		i = bond_get_targets_ip(targets, newtarget);
+		if (i == -1) {
 			pr_info("%s: unable to remove nonexistent ARP target %pI4.\n",
 				bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
+		pr_info("%s: removing ARP target %pI4.\n", bond->dev->name,
+			&newtarget);
+		for (; (i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS-1) && targets[i+1]; i++)
+			targets[i] = targets[i+1];
+		targets[i] = 0;
 	} else {
 		pr_err("no command found in arp_ip_targets file for bond %s. Use +<addr> or -<addr>.\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
@@ -660,6 +647,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_targets(struct device *d,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	ret = count;
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index c990b42cf7a1b68ad96055caa3de1a9ece665d22..486e532f77e4ed0b2e1922c4c0b1bde07b2ed3b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -464,6 +464,22 @@ static inline struct slave *bond_slave_has_mac(struct bonding *bond,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Check if the ip is present in arp ip list, or first free slot if ip == 0
+ * Returns -1 if not found, index if found
+ */
+static inline int bond_get_targets_ip(__be32 *targets, __be32 ip)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS; i++)
+		if (targets[i] == ip)
+			return i;
+		else if (targets[i] == 0)
+			break;
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 /* exported from bond_main.c */
 extern int bond_net_id;
 extern const struct bond_parm_tbl bond_lacp_tbl[];