diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 508f2f51adadc16cb424e137b5318efbe5ddd4d3..a85466c0b0e3b37912d623ca4be5f7c0bca8f225 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 		int min_links =
 			nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_MIN_LINKS]);
 
-		err = bond_option_min_links_set(bond, min_links);
+		bond_opt_initval(&newval, min_links);
+		err = __bond_opt_set(bond, BOND_OPT_MINLINKS, &newval);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 680296c279dcaeb3c62d53c8697a0513f8356fc0..f8821696f82376d8f7ad6a336e3f303be281c45d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ static struct bond_option bond_opts[] = {
 		.values = bond_lacp_rate_tbl,
 		.set = bond_option_lacp_rate_set
 	},
+	[BOND_OPT_MINLINKS] = {
+		.id = BOND_OPT_MINLINKS,
+		.name = "min_links",
+		.desc = "Minimum number of available links before turning on carrier",
+		.values = bond_intmax_tbl,
+		.set = bond_option_min_links_set
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -990,11 +997,12 @@ int bond_option_all_slaves_active_set(struct bonding *bond,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int bond_option_min_links_set(struct bonding *bond, int min_links)
+int bond_option_min_links_set(struct bonding *bond,
+			      struct bond_opt_value *newval)
 {
-	pr_info("%s: Setting min links value to %u\n",
-		bond->dev->name, min_links);
-	bond->params.min_links = min_links;
+	pr_info("%s: Setting min links value to %llu\n",
+		bond->dev->name, newval->value);
+	bond->params.min_links = newval->value;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
index 7ee1a78abd8d4f2a91deee04cf4113a038e67832..cc8edef812c4e792e854273629debd8d0a665481 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum {
 	BOND_OPT_DOWNDELAY,
 	BOND_OPT_UPDELAY,
 	BOND_OPT_LACP_RATE,
+	BOND_OPT_MINLINKS,
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
@@ -130,4 +131,6 @@ int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond,
 			    struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 int bond_option_lacp_rate_set(struct bonding *bond,
 			      struct bond_opt_value *newval);
+int bond_option_min_links_set(struct bonding *bond,
+			      struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 #endif /* _BOND_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index a0a54d035c526ac8eb3514a4cddf66954bba6b14..3ae9bfd8e65e8bc87eced2896b45c630bad75dd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -586,23 +586,11 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_min_links(struct device *d,
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 	int ret;
-	unsigned int new_value;
 
-	ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &new_value);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid min links value %s.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name, buf);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	if (!rtnl_trylock())
-		return restart_syscall();
-
-	ret = bond_option_min_links_set(bond, new_value);
+	ret = bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(bond, BOND_OPT_MINLINKS, (char *)buf);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = count;
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(min_links, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index da03ede3e0a51bdf8fa5c41b9b272e4b441f7dfb..df8c5ae44cdcf54bed963e8d920979cb91f5a068 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ int bond_option_resend_igmp_set(struct bonding *bond, int resend_igmp);
 int bond_option_num_peer_notif_set(struct bonding *bond, int num_peer_notif);
 int bond_option_all_slaves_active_set(struct bonding *bond,
 				      int all_slaves_active);
-int bond_option_min_links_set(struct bonding *bond, int min_links);
 int bond_option_lp_interval_set(struct bonding *bond, int min_links);
 int bond_option_ad_select_set(struct bonding *bond, int ad_select);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(struct bonding *bond);