diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 473633ab5f56aa7a6238178d0f0433931cf2cbdb..02d9ae7d527e14894d71e67e93372773ad9e5ea0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ static void bond_resend_igmp_join_requests(struct bonding *bond)
 	struct net_device *bond_dev, *vlan_dev, *upper_dev;
 	struct vlan_entry *vlan;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	read_lock(&bond->lock);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	bond_dev = bond->dev;
 
@@ -787,12 +787,19 @@ static void bond_resend_igmp_join_requests(struct bonding *bond)
 		if (vlan_dev)
 			__bond_resend_igmp_join_requests(vlan_dev);
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (--bond->igmp_retrans > 0)
+	/* We use curr_slave_lock to protect against concurrent access to
+	 * igmp_retrans from multiple running instances of this function and
+	 * bond_change_active_slave
+	 */
+	write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+	if (bond->igmp_retrans > 1) {
+		bond->igmp_retrans--;
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mcast_work, HZ/5);
-
+	}
+	write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed(struct work_struct *work)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 2baec24388b1b2bc1370d3f8aceb229226cc770c..f989e1529a2909999938abfb11ac510d3d73100e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ struct bonding {
 	rwlock_t curr_slave_lock;
 	u8	 send_peer_notif;
 	s8	 setup_by_slave;
-	s8       igmp_retrans;
+	u8       igmp_retrans;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct   proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;
 	char     proc_file_name[IFNAMSIZ];