diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 5f5b69f37d2e50d4a6ebbe91f4c3bc1346e042e3..1445c7ddb26caa2570564a0ddf8e9073f5648202 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3459,6 +3459,28 @@ static int bond_xmit_hash_policy_l34(struct sk_buff *skb, int count)
 
 /*-------------------------- Device entry points ----------------------------*/
 
+static void bond_work_init_all(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mcast_work,
+			  bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->alb_work, bond_alb_monitor);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work, bond_mii_monitor);
+	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work, bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
+	else
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work, bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->ad_work, bond_3ad_state_machine_handler);
+}
+
+static void bond_work_cancel_all(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
+}
+
 static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
@@ -3481,41 +3503,27 @@ static int bond_open(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	}
 	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mcast_work, bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed);
+	bond_work_init_all(bond);
 
 	if (bond_is_lb(bond)) {
 		/* bond_alb_initialize must be called before the timer
 		 * is started.
 		 */
-		if (bond_alb_initialize(bond, (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB))) {
-			/* something went wrong - fail the open operation */
+		if (bond_alb_initialize(bond, (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB)))
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->alb_work, bond_alb_monitor);
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->alb_work, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (bond->params.miimon) {  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work, bond_mii_monitor);
+	if (bond->params.miimon)  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, 0);
-	}
 
 	if (bond->params.arp_interval) {  /* arp interval, in milliseconds. */
-		if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
-			INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-					  bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
-		else
-			INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-					  bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
-
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
 		if (bond->params.arp_validate)
 			bond->recv_probe = bond_arp_rcv;
 	}
 
 	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
-		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->ad_work, bond_3ad_state_machine_handler);
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->ad_work, 0);
 		/* register to receive LACPDUs */
 		bond->recv_probe = bond_3ad_lacpdu_recv;
@@ -3530,34 +3538,10 @@ static int bond_close(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
 
 	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
-
 	bond->send_peer_notif = 0;
-
 	write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
-	if (bond->params.miimon) {  /* link check interval, in milliseconds. */
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
-	}
-
-	if (bond->params.arp_interval) {  /* arp interval, in milliseconds. */
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
-	}
-
-	switch (bond->params.mode) {
-	case BOND_MODE_8023AD:
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
-		break;
-	case BOND_MODE_TLB:
-	case BOND_MODE_ALB:
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mcast_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
-
+	bond_work_cancel_all(bond);
 	if (bond_is_lb(bond)) {
 		/* Must be called only after all
 		 * slaves have been released
@@ -4436,26 +4420,6 @@ static void bond_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 	bond_dev->features |= bond_dev->hw_features;
 }
 
-static void bond_work_cancel_all(struct bonding *bond)
-{
-	if (bond->params.miimon && delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
-
-	if (bond->params.arp_interval && delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
-
-	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB &&
-	    delayed_work_pending(&bond->alb_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->alb_work);
-
-	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD &&
-	    delayed_work_pending(&bond->ad_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->ad_work);
-
-	if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mcast_work))
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mcast_work);
-}
-
 /*
 * Destroy a bonding device.
 * Must be under rtnl_lock when this function is called.
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index ef8d2a080d17f4c61b8f28aa7e07bc54ed5c0abc..3327a072e224d8d4664d7abb7b93c11de30051a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
 		pr_err("%s: no arp_interval value specified.\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
@@ -539,10 +541,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 		pr_info("%s: ARP monitoring cannot be used with MII monitoring. %s Disabling MII monitoring.\n",
 			bond->dev->name, bond->dev->name);
 		bond->params.miimon = 0;
-		if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work)) {
-			cancel_delayed_work(&bond->mii_work);
-			flush_workqueue(bond->wq);
-		}
 	}
 	if (!bond->params.arp_targets[0]) {
 		pr_info("%s: ARP monitoring has been set up, but no ARP targets have been specified.\n",
@@ -554,19 +552,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 		 * timer will get fired off when the open function
 		 * is called.
 		 */
-		if (!delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work)) {
-			if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)
-				INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-						  bond_activebackup_arp_mon);
-			else
-				INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->arp_work,
-						  bond_loadbalance_arp_mon);
-
-			queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
-		}
+		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
+		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
 	}
 
 out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(arp_interval, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
@@ -962,6 +953,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_miimon(struct device *d,
 	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
 		pr_err("%s: no miimon value specified.\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
@@ -993,10 +986,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_miimon(struct device *d,
 				bond->params.arp_validate =
 					BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_NONE;
 			}
-			if (delayed_work_pending(&bond->arp_work)) {
-				cancel_delayed_work(&bond->arp_work);
-				flush_workqueue(bond->wq);
-			}
 		}
 
 		if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
@@ -1005,15 +994,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_miimon(struct device *d,
 			 * timer will get fired off when the open function
 			 * is called.
 			 */
-			if (!delayed_work_pending(&bond->mii_work)) {
-				INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mii_work,
-						  bond_mii_monitor);
-				queue_delayed_work(bond->wq,
-						   &bond->mii_work, 0);
-			}
+			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
+			queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, 0);
 		}
 	}
 out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(miimon, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,