diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index cce1f1bf90b4324e6e2f20e5da6ef53a307bd296..6d20fbde8d43502ca6a211c2cd0b83615ea051a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -1796,8 +1796,6 @@ void bond_3ad_initiate_agg_selection(struct bonding *bond, int timeout)
 	BOND_AD_INFO(bond).agg_select_timer = timeout;
 }
 
-static u16 aggregator_identifier;
-
 /**
  * bond_3ad_initialize - initialize a bond's 802.3ad parameters and structures
  * @bond: bonding struct to work on
@@ -1811,7 +1809,7 @@ void bond_3ad_initialize(struct bonding *bond, u16 tick_resolution)
 	if (!MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL(&(BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr),
 				bond->dev->dev_addr)) {
 
-		aggregator_identifier = 0;
+		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier = 0;
 
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority = 0xFFFF;
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
@@ -1880,7 +1878,7 @@ void bond_3ad_bind_slave(struct slave *slave)
 		ad_initialize_agg(aggregator);
 
 		aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
-		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = (++aggregator_identifier);
+		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = ++BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier;
 		aggregator->slave = slave;
 		aggregator->is_active = 0;
 		aggregator->num_of_ports = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
index 13dc9d3c5e3460e2e0e4f01e2ab1df2a962d60e2..f4dd9592ac62561fb8967843446d6a9c0463b7e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ struct ad_system {
 struct ad_bond_info {
 	struct ad_system system;	    /* 802.3ad system structure */
 	u32 agg_select_timer;	    // Timer to select aggregator after all adapter's hand shakes
+	u16 aggregator_identifier;
 };
 
 struct ad_slave_info {