2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 6508e0b2ea72..3eebfe287533 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1280,8 +1280,9 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
         /* bond must be initialized by bond_open() before enslaving */
         if (!(bond_dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
-                dprintk("Error, master_dev is not up\n");
-                return -EPERM;
+                printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
+                        " %s: master_dev is not up in bond_enslave\n",
+                        bond_dev->name);
         }
 
         /* already enslaved */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 6f49ca7e9b66..ca4e429f9ec2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -266,11 +266,9 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves(struct device *d,
 
         /* Quick sanity check -- is the bond interface up? */
         if (!(bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
-                printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
-                       ": %s: Unable to update slaves because interface is down.\n",
+                printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
+                       ": %s: doing slave updates when interface is down.\n",
                        bond->dev->name);
-                ret = -EPERM;
-                goto out;
         }
 
         /* Note:  We can't hold bond->lock here, as bond_create grabs it. */