1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 6db5d763f6b6..25b8dbf6cfd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1455,16 +1455,16 @@ void bond_alb_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
 
         /* handle rlb stuff */
         if (bond_info->rlb_enabled) {
-                /* the following code changes the promiscuity of the
-                 * the curr_active_slave. It needs to be locked with a
-                 * write lock to protect from other code that also
-                 * sets the promiscuity.
-                 */
-                write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-
                 if (bond_info->primary_is_promisc &&
                     (++bond_info->rlb_promisc_timeout_counter >= RLB_PROMISC_TIMEOUT)) {
 
+                        /*
+                         * dev_set_promiscuity requires rtnl and
+                         * nothing else.
+                         */
+                        read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+                        rtnl_lock();
+
                         bond_info->rlb_promisc_timeout_counter = 0;
 
                         /* If the primary was set to promiscuous mode
@@ -1473,9 +1473,10 @@ void bond_alb_monitor(struct work_struct *work)
                          */
                         dev_set_promiscuity(bond->curr_active_slave->dev, -1);
                         bond_info->primary_is_promisc = 0;
-                }
 
-                write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+                        rtnl_unlock();
+                        read_lock(&bond->lock);
+                }
 
                 if (bond_info->rlb_rebalance) {
                         bond_info->rlb_rebalance = 0;