diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2e8ec8b79f05a707c3e081cd0bed49cf9a132e79..ac60b697ab7ebc4c51744d223f7dd0a61ddc5c0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2092,23 +2092,19 @@ static int bond_ioctl_change_active(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_devi
 
 	read_lock(&bond->lock);
 
-	read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 	old_active = bond->curr_active_slave;
-	read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
 	new_active = bond_get_slave_by_dev(bond, slave_dev);
-
 	/*
 	 * Changing to the current active: do nothing; return success.
 	 */
-	if (new_active && (new_active == old_active)) {
+	if (new_active && new_active == old_active) {
 		read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if ((new_active) &&
-	    (old_active) &&
-	    (new_active->link == BOND_LINK_UP) &&
+	if (new_active &&
+	    old_active &&
+	    new_active->link == BOND_LINK_UP &&
 	    IS_UP(new_active->dev)) {
 		block_netpoll_tx();
 		write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
@@ -2660,10 +2656,7 @@ void bond_loadbalance_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (list_empty(&bond->slave_list))
 		goto re_arm;
 
-	read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 	oldcurrent = bond->curr_active_slave;
-	read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
 	/* see if any of the previous devices are up now (i.e. they have
 	 * xmt and rcv traffic). the curr_active_slave does not come into
 	 * the picture unless it is null. also, slave->jiffies is not needed
@@ -3818,11 +3811,7 @@ static int bond_xmit_roundrobin(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev
 	 */
 	if ((iph->protocol == IPPROTO_IGMP) &&
 	    (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))) {
-
-		read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 		slave = bond->curr_active_slave;
-		read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
 		if (!slave)
 			goto out;
 	} else {
@@ -3867,15 +3856,12 @@ static int bond_xmit_roundrobin(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev
 static int bond_xmit_activebackup(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
+	struct slave *slave;
 	int res = 1;
 
-	read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
-	if (bond->curr_active_slave)
-		res = bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb,
-			bond->curr_active_slave->dev);
-
-	read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+	slave = bond->curr_active_slave;
+	if (slave)
+		res = bond_dev_queue_xmit(bond, skb, slave->dev);
 
 	if (res)
 		/* no suitable interface, frame not sent */
@@ -3935,10 +3921,7 @@ static int bond_xmit_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	int i;
 	int res = 1;
 
-	read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 	start_at = bond->curr_active_slave;
-	read_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
 	if (!start_at)
 		goto out;