1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index c0bbddae4ec4..17a461152d39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4692,6 +4692,8 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static struct lock_class_key bonding_netdev_xmit_lock_key;
+
 /* Create a new bond based on the specified name and bonding parameters.
  * Caller must NOT hold rtnl_lock; we need to release it here before we
  * set up our sysfs entries.
@@ -4727,6 +4729,9 @@ int bond_create(char *name, struct bond_params *params, struct bonding **newbond
         if (res < 0) {
                 goto out_bond;
         }
+
+        lockdep_set_class(&bond_dev->_xmit_lock, &bonding_netdev_xmit_lock_key);
+
         if (newbond)
                 *newbond = bond_dev->priv;