diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 2860cc66c2bb3ef42e3d690faeca6bd855f772d0..f801fc940b298cb3180584b039a9605d3ee9f23e 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -330,7 +330,6 @@ static inline void bond_set_active_slave(struct slave *slave)
 		slave->backup = 0;
 		bond_queue_slave_event(slave);
 		bond_lower_state_changed(slave);
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave->dev, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -340,7 +339,6 @@ static inline void bond_set_backup_slave(struct slave *slave)
 		slave->backup = 1;
 		bond_queue_slave_event(slave);
 		bond_lower_state_changed(slave);
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave->dev, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -353,7 +351,6 @@ static inline void bond_set_slave_state(struct slave *slave,
 	slave->backup = slave_state;
 	if (notify) {
 		bond_lower_state_changed(slave);
-		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, slave->dev, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		bond_queue_slave_event(slave);
 		slave->should_notify = 0;
 	} else {
@@ -385,7 +382,6 @@ static inline void bond_slave_state_notify(struct bonding *bond)
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp, iter) {
 		if (tmp->should_notify) {
 			bond_lower_state_changed(tmp);
-			rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, tmp->dev, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			tmp->should_notify = 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 854a848842ea21be1b8a153a7e5712a7cd576f62..de24d394c69e4d9a2b6d45f7d2f0b80378b3d528 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2989,7 +2989,6 @@ void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 {
 	rtmsg_ifinfo_event(type, dev, change, rtnl_get_event(0), flags, NULL);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);
 
 void rtmsg_ifinfo_newnet(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 			 gfp_t flags, int *new_nsid)