diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index e83bc825f6afc4d5346cbb3d70f999e4b5d44e75..32923162179ef8b45948149972343744144694ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ void bond_alb_monitor(struct bonding *bond)
 		 * write lock to protect from other code that also
 		 * sets the promiscuity.
 		 */
-		write_lock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+		write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 		if (bond_info->primary_is_promisc &&
 		    (++bond_info->rlb_promisc_timeout_counter >= RLB_PROMISC_TIMEOUT)) {
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ void bond_alb_monitor(struct bonding *bond)
 			bond_info->primary_is_promisc = 0;
 		}
 
-		write_unlock(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+		write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
 		if (bond_info->rlb_rebalance) {
 			bond_info->rlb_rebalance = 0;