diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 4dd5ee2a34cc68c4222f4c4115beedaee8b187d2..36eab0c4fb337b502c986d6c9ade7f1801d2a5f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		if (!miimon) {
 			pr_warning("Warning: miimon must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failure, speed and duplex which are essential for 802.3ad operation\n");
 			pr_warning("Forcing miimon to 100msec\n");
-			miimon = 100;
+			miimon = BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4147,7 +4147,7 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		if (!miimon) {
 			pr_warning("Warning: miimon must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failure and link speed which are essential for TLB/ALB load balancing\n");
 			pr_warning("Forcing miimon to 100msec\n");
-			miimon = 100;
+			miimon = BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 9a5223c7b4d1a14f9b19354cfba6c4ea3dd933d0..ea6f640782b7456228787fa33ab8882b2bd8aa0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -45,10 +45,15 @@ int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, int mode)
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
-	if (BOND_MODE_IS_LB(mode) && bond->params.arp_interval) {
-		pr_err("%s: %s mode is incompatible with arp monitoring.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name, bond_mode_tbl[mode].modename);
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(mode) && bond->params.arp_interval) {
+		pr_info("%s: %s mode is incompatible with arp monitoring, start mii monitoring\n",
+			bond->dev->name, bond_mode_tbl[mode].modename);
+		/* disable arp monitoring */
+		bond->params.arp_interval = 0;
+		/* set miimon to default value */
+		bond->params.miimon = BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON;
+		pr_info("%s: Setting MII monitoring interval to %d.\n",
+			bond->dev->name, bond->params.miimon);
 	}
 
 	/* don't cache arp_validate between modes */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 0ec2a7e8c8a9588170c97715856e7b5f34cf7c60..abf5e106edc549c053e4d3ffdecce72c4470742e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -523,9 +523,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB ||
-	    bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_TLB ||
-	    bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
+	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(bond->params.mode)) {
 		pr_info("%s: ARP monitoring cannot be used with ALB/TLB/802.3ad. Only MII monitoring is supported on %s.\n",
 			bond->dev->name, bond->dev->name);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index ca31286aa028158341a5847382b75afb74a6ea2f..a9f4f9f4d8ceea321061e94f35164829e1de2f7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 
 #define BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS	16
 
+#define BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON	100
+
 #define IS_UP(dev)					   \
 	      ((((dev)->flags & IFF_UP) == IFF_UP)	&& \
 	       netif_running(dev)			&& \
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@
 		 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_TLB)          ||	\
 		 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_ALB))
 
+#define BOND_NO_USES_ARP(mode)				\
+		(((mode) == BOND_MODE_8023AD)	||	\
+		 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_TLB)	||	\
+		 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_ALB))
+
 #define TX_QUEUE_OVERRIDE(mode)				\
 			(((mode) == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) ||	\
 			 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN))