diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 78dde56ae6e6fa9dd7d04e64ae1969023d285238..3a10551d64cffda27153d4bf48b3b8509dfa0132 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 #include <net/bond_3ad.h>
 #include <net/bond_alb.h>
 
+#include "bonding_priv.h"
+
 /*---------------------------- Module parameters ----------------------------*/
 
 /* monitor all links that often (in milliseconds). <=0 disables monitoring */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
index 62694cfc05b6548aff5c4f7186021f8c2a4ee570..b20b35acb47d3465063cdde30a1018321b344b56 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <net/netns/generic.h>
 #include <net/bonding.h>
 
+#include "bonding_priv.h"
 
 static void *bond_info_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	__acquires(RCU)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a4d81a9437c751bd04e9d0dbb1062aa7358fb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Bond several ethernet interfaces into a Cisco, running 'Etherchannel'.
+ *
+ * Portions are (c) Copyright 1995 Simon "Guru Aleph-Null" Janes
+ * NCM: Network and Communications Management, Inc.
+ *
+ * BUT, I'm the one who modified it for ethernet, so:
+ * (c) Copyright 1999, Thomas Davis, tadavis@lbl.gov
+ *
+ *	This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
+ *	of the GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BONDING_PRIV_H
+#define _BONDING_PRIV_H
+
+#define DRV_VERSION	"3.7.1"
+#define DRV_RELDATE	"April 27, 2011"
+#define DRV_NAME	"bonding"
+#define DRV_DESCRIPTION	"Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver"
+
+#define bond_version DRV_DESCRIPTION ": v" DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index fda6feeb6c1f3fc3ae7c4929935901e31982166b..78ed135e9dea6a9971d15e3b786a64de170b310c 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
 #include <net/bond_alb.h>
 #include <net/bond_options.h>
 
-#define DRV_VERSION	"3.7.1"
-#define DRV_RELDATE	"April 27, 2011"
-#define DRV_NAME	"bonding"
-#define DRV_DESCRIPTION	"Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver"
-
-#define bond_version DRV_DESCRIPTION ": v" DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n"
-
 #define BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS	16
 
 #define BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON	100