diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 8a8d5c3de9e35b89b0e9433bf1323aba3a6726c1..0942d82f7cbf721f62c364941a13b31373668c5b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2801,14 +2801,11 @@ void bond_loadbalance_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	if (do_failover) {
-		rtnl_lock();
 		write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 		bond_select_active_slave(bond);
 
 		write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-		rtnl_unlock();
-
 	}
 
 re_arm:
@@ -2865,8 +2862,6 @@ void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 
 				slave->link = BOND_LINK_UP;
 
-				rtnl_lock();
-
 				write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 				if ((!bond->curr_active_slave) &&
@@ -2902,7 +2897,6 @@ void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 				}
 
 				write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-				rtnl_unlock();
 			}
 		} else {
 			read_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
@@ -2972,7 +2966,6 @@ void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 			       bond->dev->name,
 			       slave->dev->name);
 
-			rtnl_lock();
 			write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 			bond_select_active_slave(bond);
@@ -2980,8 +2973,6 @@ void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 
 			write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
-			rtnl_unlock();
-
 			bond->current_arp_slave = slave;
 
 			if (slave) {
@@ -2999,13 +2990,10 @@ void bond_activebackup_arp_mon(struct work_struct *work)
 			       bond->primary_slave->dev->name);
 
 			/* primary is up so switch to it */
-			rtnl_lock();
 			write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 			bond_change_active_slave(bond, bond->primary_slave);
 			write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
-			rtnl_unlock();
-
 			slave = bond->primary_slave;
 			slave->jiffies = jiffies;
 		} else {