diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index e06c445..e102096 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -215,17 +215,6 @@ const struct bond_parm_tbl bond_lacp_tbl[] = {
 {	NULL,		-1},
 };
 
-const struct bond_parm_tbl bond_mode_tbl[] = {
-{	"balance-rr",		BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN},
-{	"active-backup",	BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP},
-{	"balance-xor",		BOND_MODE_XOR},
-{	"broadcast",		BOND_MODE_BROADCAST},
-{	"802.3ad",		BOND_MODE_8023AD},
-{	"balance-tlb",		BOND_MODE_TLB},
-{	"balance-alb",		BOND_MODE_ALB},
-{	NULL,			-1},
-};
-
 const struct bond_parm_tbl xmit_hashtype_tbl[] = {
 {	"layer2",		BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER2},
 {	"layer3+4",		BOND_XMIT_POLICY_LAYER34},
@@ -3982,14 +3971,16 @@ int bond_parse_parm(const char *buf, const struct bond_parm_tbl *tbl)
 static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 {
 	int arp_validate_value, fail_over_mac_value, primary_reselect_value, i;
+	struct bond_value_tbl *valptr;
 	int arp_all_targets_value;
 
 	/*
 	 * Convert string parameters.
 	 */
 	if (mode) {
-		bond_mode = bond_parse_parm(mode, bond_mode_tbl);
-		if (bond_mode == -1) {
+		valptr = bond_opt_parse(bond_opt_get(BOND_OPT_MODE), mode,
+					&bond_mode, true);
+		if (!valptr) {
 			pr_err("Error: Invalid bonding mode \"%s\"\n",
 			       mode == NULL ? "NULL" : mode);
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 555c783..51a9be3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_MODE]) {
 		int mode = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_MODE]);
 
-		err = bond_option_mode_set(bond, mode);
+		err = __bond_opt_intset(bond, BOND_OPT_MODE, mode);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 7765efb..4aa752f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -20,7 +20,27 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include "bonding.h"
 
+static struct bond_value_tbl bond_mode_tbl[] = {
+	{ "balance-rr",    BOND_MODE_ROUNDROBIN,   BOND_VALFLAG_DEFAULT},
+	{ "active-backup", BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP, 0},
+	{ "balance-xor",   BOND_MODE_XOR,          0},
+	{ "broadcast",     BOND_MODE_BROADCAST,    0},
+	{ "802.3ad",       BOND_MODE_8023AD,       0},
+	{ "balance-tlb",   BOND_MODE_TLB,          0},
+	{ "balance-alb",   BOND_MODE_ALB,          0},
+	{ NULL,            -1,                     0},
+};
+
 static struct bond_option bond_opts[] = {
+	[BOND_OPT_MODE] = {
+		.id = BOND_OPT_MODE,
+		.name = "mode",
+		.desc = "bond device mode",
+		.flags = BOND_OPTFLAG_NOSLAVES | BOND_OPTFLAG_IFDOWN,
+		.valtype = BOND_OPTVAL_INTEGER,
+		.values = bond_mode_tbl,
+		.set = bond_option_mode_set
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -336,29 +356,15 @@ struct bond_option *bond_opt_get(unsigned int option)
 	return &bond_opts[option];
 }
 
-int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, int mode)
+int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, void *newval)
 {
-	if (bond_parm_tbl_lookup(mode, bond_mode_tbl) < 0) {
-		pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid mode value %d.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name, mode);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
-		pr_err("%s: unable to update mode because interface is up.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name);
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
-
-	if (bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
-		pr_err("%s: unable to update mode because bond has slaves.\n",
-			bond->dev->name);
-		return -EPERM;
-	}
+	int mode = *(int *)newval;
+	struct bond_option *opt;
 
 	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(mode) && bond->params.arp_interval) {
+		opt = bond_opt_get(BOND_OPT_MODE);
 		pr_info("%s: %s mode is incompatible with arp monitoring, start mii monitoring\n",
-			bond->dev->name, bond_mode_tbl[mode].modename);
+			bond->dev->name, opt->values[mode].name);
 		/* disable arp monitoring */
 		bond->params.arp_interval = 0;
 		/* set miimon to default value */
@@ -370,6 +376,7 @@ int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, int mode)
 	/* don't cache arp_validate between modes */
 	bond->params.arp_validate = BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_NONE;
 	bond->params.mode = mode;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
index c72ecec..12c4d4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* Option IDs, their bit positions correspond to their IDs */
 enum {
+	BOND_OPT_MODE,
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
@@ -79,4 +80,6 @@ struct bond_value_tbl *bond_opt_parse(const struct bond_option *opt,
 				      void *bufarg, int *retval, bool string);
 struct bond_option *bond_opt_get(unsigned int option);
 struct bond_value_tbl *bond_opt_get_val(unsigned int option, int val);
+
+int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, void *newval);
 #endif /* _BOND_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 011f163..8ce5f4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -264,37 +264,26 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_mode(struct device *d,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	struct bond_value_tbl *val;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s %d\n",
-			bond_mode_tbl[bond->params.mode].modename,
-			bond->params.mode);
+	val = bond_opt_get_val(BOND_OPT_MODE, bond->params.mode);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s %d\n", val->name, bond->params.mode);
 }
 
 static ssize_t bonding_store_mode(struct device *d,
 				  struct device_attribute *attr,
 				  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int ret;
 
-	new_value = bond_parse_parm(buf, bond_mode_tbl);
-	if (new_value < 0)  {
-		pr_err("%s: Ignoring invalid mode value %.*s.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name, (int)strlen(buf) - 1, buf);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+	ret = bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(bond, BOND_OPT_MODE, (char *)buf);
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		return restart_syscall();
-
-	ret = bond_option_mode_set(bond, new_value);
-	if (!ret) {
-		pr_info("%s: setting mode to %s (%d).\n",
-			bond->dev->name, bond_mode_tbl[new_value].modename,
-			new_value);
+	else if (!ret)
 		ret = count;
-	}
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 71e751a..50bbd28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ void bond_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev);
 unsigned int bond_get_num_tx_queues(void);
 int bond_netlink_init(void);
 void bond_netlink_fini(void);
-int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, int mode);
 int bond_option_active_slave_set(struct bonding *bond, struct net_device *slave_dev);
 int bond_option_miimon_set(struct bonding *bond, int miimon);
 int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond, int updelay);
@@ -549,7 +548,6 @@ static inline int bond_get_targets_ip(__be32 *targets, __be32 ip)
 /* exported from bond_main.c */
 extern int bond_net_id;
 extern const struct bond_parm_tbl bond_lacp_tbl[];
-extern const struct bond_parm_tbl bond_mode_tbl[];
 extern const struct bond_parm_tbl xmit_hashtype_tbl[];
 extern const struct bond_parm_tbl arp_validate_tbl[];
 extern const struct bond_parm_tbl arp_all_targets_tbl[];
