diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 63cfb4988df2..e0b2e6438dbf 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 90fb6250c509cabd425b7ae4524053dba2e27e2c
+refs/heads/master: e196c0e579902f42cf72414461fb034e5a1ffbf7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 3327a072e224..1877ed7ca086 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -1568,6 +1568,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves_active(struct device *d,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	read_lock(&bond->lock);
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, slave, i) {
 		if (!bond_is_active_slave(slave)) {
 			if (new_value)
@@ -1576,6 +1577,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_slaves_active(struct device *d,
 				slave->inactive = 1;
 		}
 	}
+	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }