dev_set_allmulti(slave_dev, 1);
                }
 
+               netif_tx_lock_bh(bond_dev);
                /* upload master's mc_list to new slave */
                for (dmi = bond_dev->mc_list; dmi; dmi = dmi->next) {
                        dev_mc_add (slave_dev, dmi->dmi_addr, dmi->dmi_addrlen, 0);
                }
+               netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
        }
 
        if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
                }
 
                /* flush master's mc_list from slave */
+               netif_tx_lock_bh(bond_dev);
                bond_mc_list_flush(bond_dev, slave_dev);
+               netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
        }
 
        netdev_set_master(slave_dev, NULL);
                        }
 
                        /* flush master's mc_list from slave */
+                       netif_tx_lock_bh(bond_dev);
                        bond_mc_list_flush(bond_dev, slave_dev);
+                       netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
                }
 
                netdev_set_master(slave_dev, NULL);
        struct bonding *bond = bond_dev->priv;
        struct dev_mc_list *dmi;
 
-       write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
-
        /*
         * Do promisc before checking multicast_mode
         */
                bond_set_allmulti(bond, -1);
        }
 
+       read_lock(&bond->lock);
+
        bond->flags = bond_dev->flags;
 
        /* looking for addresses to add to slaves' mc list */
        bond_mc_list_destroy(bond);
        bond_mc_list_copy(bond_dev->mc_list, bond, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
-       write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
+       read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 }
 
 /*
                struct net_device *bond_dev = bond->dev;
 
                bond_work_cancel_all(bond);
+               netif_tx_lock_bh(bond_dev);
                bond_mc_list_destroy(bond);
+               netif_tx_unlock_bh(bond_dev);
                /* Release the bonded slaves */
                bond_release_all(bond_dev);
                bond_deinit(bond_dev);