diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 0f32226db483b798c637ca2b6a2afee09581faa3..119a59b4bec6cc5c5fecbf568f199895608426bc 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ const char tipc_bclink_name[] = "broadcast-link";
 static void tipc_nmap_diff(struct tipc_node_map *nm_a,
 			   struct tipc_node_map *nm_b,
 			   struct tipc_node_map *nm_diff);
+static void tipc_nmap_add(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node);
+static void tipc_nmap_remove(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node);
 
 static u32 bcbuf_acks(struct sk_buff *buf)
 {
@@ -653,7 +655,7 @@ static int tipc_bcbearer_send(struct sk_buff *buf, struct tipc_bearer *unused1,
 /**
  * tipc_bcbearer_sort - create sets of bearer pairs used by broadcast bearer
  */
-void tipc_bcbearer_sort(void)
+void tipc_bcbearer_sort(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node, bool action)
 {
 	struct tipc_bcbearer_pair *bp_temp = bcbearer->bpairs_temp;
 	struct tipc_bcbearer_pair *bp_curr;
@@ -663,6 +665,11 @@ void tipc_bcbearer_sort(void)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bc_lock);
 
+	if (action)
+		tipc_nmap_add(nm_ptr, node);
+	else
+		tipc_nmap_remove(nm_ptr, node);
+
 	/* Group bearers by priority (can assume max of two per priority) */
 	memset(bp_temp, 0, sizeof(bcbearer->bpairs_temp));
 
@@ -801,11 +808,10 @@ void tipc_bclink_stop(void)
 	memset(bcbearer, 0, sizeof(*bcbearer));
 }
 
-
 /**
  * tipc_nmap_add - add a node to a node map
  */
-void tipc_nmap_add(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node)
+static void tipc_nmap_add(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node)
 {
 	int n = tipc_node(node);
 	int w = n / WSIZE;
@@ -820,7 +826,7 @@ void tipc_nmap_add(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node)
 /**
  * tipc_nmap_remove - remove a node from a node map
  */
-void tipc_nmap_remove(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node)
+static void tipc_nmap_remove(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node)
 {
 	int n = tipc_node(node);
 	int w = n / WSIZE;
diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.h b/net/tipc/bcast.h
index a80ef54b818e221a98bd9bd69a3adf28d0001f88..7c1ef1b3d7b3836a20e5071fea66b03a21aacd00 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.h
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.h
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ struct tipc_node;
 
 extern const char tipc_bclink_name[];
 
-void tipc_nmap_add(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node);
-void tipc_nmap_remove(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node);
-
 /**
  * tipc_nmap_equal - test for equality of node maps
  */
@@ -98,6 +95,6 @@ void tipc_bclink_update_link_state(struct tipc_node *n_ptr, u32 last_sent);
 int  tipc_bclink_stats(char *stats_buf, const u32 buf_size);
 int  tipc_bclink_reset_stats(void);
 int  tipc_bclink_set_queue_limits(u32 limit);
-void tipc_bcbearer_sort(void);
+void tipc_bcbearer_sort(struct tipc_node_map *nm_ptr, u32 node, bool action);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 44fd22a0c070bd67ef92fe519e44afae9a03f880..3abd9702b8875f431a422cc0f90b8e96250c3489 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ void tipc_bearer_add_dest(u32 bearer_id, u32 dest)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	b_ptr = rcu_dereference_rtnl(bearer_list[bearer_id]);
 	if (b_ptr) {
-		tipc_nmap_add(&b_ptr->nodes, dest);
-		tipc_bcbearer_sort();
+		tipc_bcbearer_sort(&b_ptr->nodes, dest, true);
 		tipc_disc_add_dest(b_ptr->link_req);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -234,8 +233,7 @@ void tipc_bearer_remove_dest(u32 bearer_id, u32 dest)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	b_ptr = rcu_dereference_rtnl(bearer_list[bearer_id]);
 	if (b_ptr) {
-		tipc_nmap_remove(&b_ptr->nodes, dest);
-		tipc_bcbearer_sort();
+		tipc_bcbearer_sort(&b_ptr->nodes, dest, false);
 		tipc_disc_remove_dest(b_ptr->link_req);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();