4 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 2ed662464cac..c75126ddc646 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -423,11 +423,9 @@ int bond_dev_queue_xmit(struct bonding *bond, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
         skb->dev = slave_dev;
         skb->priority = 1;
-        if (unlikely(netpoll_tx_running(slave_dev))) {
-                slave_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_IN_NETPOLL;
+        if (unlikely(netpoll_tx_running(slave_dev)))
                 bond_netpoll_send_skb(bond_get_slave_by_dev(bond, slave_dev), skb);
-                slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_IN_NETPOLL;
-        } else
+        else
                 dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 0a3e00b220b7..a401b8df84f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static inline void unblock_netpoll_tx(void)
 
 static inline int is_netpoll_tx_blocked(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-        if (unlikely(dev->priv_flags & IFF_IN_NETPOLL))
+        if (unlikely(netpoll_tx_running(dev)))
                 return atomic_read(&netpoll_block_tx);
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h
index 123959927745..3bc63e6a02f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/linux/if.h
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@
                                          * release skb->dst
                                          */
 #define IFF_DONT_BRIDGE 0x800           /* disallow bridging this ether dev */
-#define IFF_IN_NETPOLL  0x1000          /* whether we are processing netpoll */
-#define IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL     0x2000  /* disable netpoll at run-time */
-#define IFF_MACVLAN_PORT        0x4000  /* device used as macvlan port */
-#define IFF_BRIDGE_PORT 0x8000          /* device used as bridge port */
-#define IFF_OVS_DATAPATH        0x10000 /* device used as Open vSwitch
+#define IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL     0x1000  /* disable netpoll at run-time */
+#define IFF_MACVLAN_PORT        0x2000  /* device used as macvlan port */
+#define IFF_BRIDGE_PORT 0x4000          /* device used as bridge port */
+#define IFF_OVS_DATAPATH        0x8000  /* device used as Open vSwitch
                                          * datapath port */
 
 #define IF_GET_IFACE    0x0001          /* for querying only */
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 02dc2cbcbe86..f68e6949294e 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -313,9 +313,7 @@ void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
                      tries > 0; --tries) {
                         if (__netif_tx_trylock(txq)) {
                                 if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq)) {
-                                        dev->priv_flags |= IFF_IN_NETPOLL;
                                         status = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
-                                        dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_IN_NETPOLL;
                                         if (status == NETDEV_TX_OK)
                                                 txq_trans_update(txq);
                                 }