--- x/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ y/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2968,7 +2968,6 @@ static void bond_mii_monitor(struct work
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = container_of(work, struct bonding,
 					    mii_work.work);
-	bool should_notify_peers = false;
 	bool commit;
 	unsigned long delay;
 	struct slave *slave;
@@ -2978,46 +2977,29 @@ static void bond_mii_monitor(struct work
 
 	if (!bond_has_slaves(bond))
 		goto re_arm;
+	/* Race avoidance with bond_close cancel of workqueue */
+	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+		delay = 1;
+		goto re_arm;
+	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	should_notify_peers = bond_should_notify_peers(bond);
 	commit = !!bond_miimon_inspect(bond);
-	if (bond->send_peer_notif) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		if (rtnl_trylock()) {
-			bond->send_peer_notif--;
-			rtnl_unlock();
-		}
-	} else {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
+	if (bond->send_peer_notif)
+		bond->send_peer_notif--;
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (commit) {
-		/* Race avoidance with bond_close cancel of workqueue */
-		if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
-			delay = 1;
-			should_notify_peers = false;
-			goto re_arm;
-		}
-
 		bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, iter) {
 			bond_commit_link_state(slave, BOND_SLAVE_NOTIFY_LATER);
 		}
 		bond_miimon_commit(bond);
-
-		rtnl_unlock();	/* might sleep, hold no other locks */
 	}
+	rtnl_unlock();
 
 re_arm:
 	if (bond->params.miimon)
 		queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, delay);
-
-	if (should_notify_peers) {
-		if (!rtnl_trylock())
-			return;
-		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, bond->dev);
-		rtnl_unlock();
-	}
 }
 
 static int bond_upper_dev_walk(struct net_device *upper,