diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index 90102652c82a9651a09a49741453fd76dbeb47a4..0d8f427ade938c75052d804138cd377b02c34f99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -2514,17 +2514,13 @@ int bond_3ad_lacpdu_recv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
  */
 void bond_3ad_update_lacp_rate(struct bonding *bond)
 {
-	struct slave *slave;
 	struct port *port = NULL;
+	struct slave *slave;
 	int lacp_fast;
 
-	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
 	lacp_fast = bond->params.lacp_fast;
-
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave) {
 		port = &(SLAVE_AD_INFO(slave).port);
-		if (port->slave == NULL)
-			continue;
 		__get_state_machine_lock(port);
 		if (lacp_fast)
 			port->actor_oper_port_state |= AD_STATE_LACP_TIMEOUT;
@@ -2532,6 +2528,4 @@ void bond_3ad_update_lacp_rate(struct bonding *bond)
 			port->actor_oper_port_state &= ~AD_STATE_LACP_TIMEOUT;
 		__release_state_machine_lock(port);
 	}
-
-	write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 0f539de640dcb6f471378a5d44e47c0946a01d0c..ce4677668e2c1a025813bc2da681ea049a74064c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -852,8 +852,11 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_lacp(struct device *d,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr,
 				  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int new_value, ret = count;
+
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 
 	if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
 		pr_err("%s: Unable to update LACP rate because interface is up.\n",
@@ -883,6 +886,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_lacp(struct device *d,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
+
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(lacp_rate, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,