diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index d5181ce..fd650e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -614,6 +614,32 @@ primary
 
 	The primary option is only valid for active-backup mode.
 
+primary_reselect
+
+	Specifies the behavior of the current active slave when the primary was
+	down and comes back up.  This option is designed to prevent
+	flip-flopping between the primary slave and other slaves.  The possible
+	values and their respective effects are:
+
+	always or 0 (default)
+
+		The primary slave becomes the active slave whenever it comes
+		back up.
+
+	better or 1
+
+		The primary slave becomes the active slave when it comes back
+		up, if the speed and duplex of the primary slave is better
+		than the speed and duplex of the current active slave.
+
+	failure or 2
+
+		The primary slave becomes the active slave only if the current
+		active slave fails and the primary slave is up.
+
+	When no slave are active, if the primary comes back up, it becomes the
+	active slave, regardless of the value of primary_reselect.
+
 updelay
 
 	Specifies the time, in milliseconds, to wait before enabling a
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 699bfdd..1127361 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static int downdelay;
 static int use_carrier	= 1;
 static char *mode;
 static char *primary;
+static char *primary_reselect;
 static char *lacp_rate;
 static char *ad_select;
 static char *xmit_hash_policy;
@@ -126,6 +127,13 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(mode, "Mode of operation : 0 for balance-rr, "
 		       "6 for balance-alb");
 module_param(primary, charp, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(primary, "Primary network device to use");
+module_param(primary_reselect, charp, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(primary_reselect, "Reselect primary slave "
+				   "once it comes up; "
+				   "0 for always (default), "
+				   "1 for only if speed of primary is not "
+				   "better, "
+				   "2 for never");
 module_param(lacp_rate, charp, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(lacp_rate, "LACPDU tx rate to request from 802.3ad partner "
 			    "(slow/fast)");
@@ -200,6 +208,13 @@ const struct bond_parm_tbl fail_over_mac_tbl[] = {
 {	NULL,			-1},
 };
 
+const struct bond_parm_tbl pri_reselect_tbl[] = {
+{	"always",		BOND_PRI_RESELECT_ALWAYS},
+{	"better",		BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER},
+{	"failure",		BOND_PRI_RESELECT_FAILURE},
+{	NULL,			-1},
+};
+
 struct bond_parm_tbl ad_select_tbl[] = {
 {	"stable",	BOND_AD_STABLE},
 {	"bandwidth",	BOND_AD_BANDWIDTH},
@@ -1070,6 +1085,25 @@ out:
 
 }
 
+static bool bond_should_change_active(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+	struct slave *prim = bond->primary_slave;
+	struct slave *curr = bond->curr_active_slave;
+
+	if (!prim || !curr || curr->link != BOND_LINK_UP)
+		return true;
+	if (bond->force_primary) {
+		bond->force_primary = false;
+		return true;
+	}
+	if (bond->params.primary_reselect == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER &&
+	    (prim->speed < curr->speed ||
+	     (prim->speed == curr->speed && prim->duplex <= curr->duplex)))
+		return false;
+	if (bond->params.primary_reselect == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_FAILURE)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
 
 /**
  * find_best_interface - select the best available slave to be the active one
@@ -1094,7 +1128,8 @@ static struct slave *bond_find_best_slave(struct bonding *bond)
 	}
 
 	if ((bond->primary_slave) &&
-	    bond->primary_slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP) {
+	    bond->primary_slave->link == BOND_LINK_UP &&
+	    bond_should_change_active(bond)) {
 		new_active = bond->primary_slave;
 	}
 
@@ -1675,8 +1710,10 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 
 	if (USES_PRIMARY(bond->params.mode) && bond->params.primary[0]) {
 		/* if there is a primary slave, remember it */
-		if (strcmp(bond->params.primary, new_slave->dev->name) == 0)
+		if (strcmp(bond->params.primary, new_slave->dev->name) == 0) {
 			bond->primary_slave = new_slave;
+			bond->force_primary = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
@@ -4643,7 +4680,7 @@ 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;
+	int arp_validate_value, fail_over_mac_value, primary_reselect_value;
 
 	/*
 	 * Convert string parameters.
@@ -4942,6 +4979,20 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		primary = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (primary && primary_reselect) {
+		primary_reselect_value = bond_parse_parm(primary_reselect,
+							 pri_reselect_tbl);
+		if (primary_reselect_value == -1) {
+			pr_err(DRV_NAME
+			       ": Error: Invalid primary_reselect \"%s\"\n",
+			       primary_reselect ==
+					NULL ? "NULL" : primary_reselect);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else {
+		primary_reselect_value = BOND_PRI_RESELECT_ALWAYS;
+	}
+
 	if (fail_over_mac) {
 		fail_over_mac_value = bond_parse_parm(fail_over_mac,
 						      fail_over_mac_tbl);
@@ -4973,6 +5024,7 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 	params->use_carrier = use_carrier;
 	params->lacp_fast = lacp_fast;
 	params->primary[0] = 0;
+	params->primary_reselect = primary_reselect_value;
 	params->fail_over_mac = fail_over_mac_value;
 
 	if (primary) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 6044e12..42c44f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,61 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(primary, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		   bonding_show_primary, bonding_store_primary);
 
 /*
+ * Show and set the primary_reselect flag.
+ */
+static ssize_t bonding_show_primary_reselect(struct device *d,
+					     struct device_attribute *attr,
+					     char *buf)
+{
+	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s %d\n",
+		       pri_reselect_tbl[bond->params.primary_reselect].modename,
+		       bond->params.primary_reselect);
+}
+
+static ssize_t bonding_store_primary_reselect(struct device *d,
+					      struct device_attribute *attr,
+					      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	int new_value, ret = count;
+	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
+
+	new_value = bond_parse_parm(buf, pri_reselect_tbl);
+	if (new_value < 0)  {
+		pr_err(DRV_NAME
+		       ": %s: Ignoring invalid primary_reselect value %.*s.\n",
+		       bond->dev->name,
+		       (int) strlen(buf) - 1, buf);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	} else {
+		bond->params.primary_reselect = new_value;
+		pr_info(DRV_NAME ": %s: setting primary_reselect to %s (%d).\n",
+		       bond->dev->name, pri_reselect_tbl[new_value].modename,
+		       new_value);
+		if (new_value == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_ALWAYS ||
+		    new_value == BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER) {
+			bond->force_primary = true;
+			read_lock(&bond->lock);
+			write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+			bond_select_active_slave(bond);
+			write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+			read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	return ret;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(primary_reselect, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   bonding_show_primary_reselect,
+		   bonding_store_primary_reselect);
+
+/*
  * Show and set the use_carrier flag.
  */
 static ssize_t bonding_show_carrier(struct device *d,
@@ -1500,6 +1555,7 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_num_unsol_na.attr,
 	&dev_attr_miimon.attr,
 	&dev_attr_primary.attr,
+	&dev_attr_primary_reselect.attr,
 	&dev_attr_use_carrier.attr,
 	&dev_attr_active_slave.attr,
 	&dev_attr_mii_status.attr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 6824771..b5b1530 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ struct bond_params {
 	int lacp_fast;
 	int ad_select;
 	char primary[IFNAMSIZ];
+	int primary_reselect;
 	__be32 arp_targets[BOND_MAX_ARP_TARGETS];
 };
 
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ struct bonding {
 	struct   slave *curr_active_slave;
 	struct   slave *current_arp_slave;
 	struct   slave *primary_slave;
+	bool     force_primary;
 	s32      slave_cnt; /* never change this value outside the attach/detach wrappers */
 	rwlock_t lock;
 	rwlock_t curr_slave_lock;
@@ -258,6 +260,10 @@ static inline bool bond_is_lb(const struct bonding *bond)
 		|| bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ALB;
 }
 
+#define BOND_PRI_RESELECT_ALWAYS	0
+#define BOND_PRI_RESELECT_BETTER	1
+#define BOND_PRI_RESELECT_FAILURE	2
+
 #define BOND_FOM_NONE			0
 #define BOND_FOM_ACTIVE			1
 #define BOND_FOM_FOLLOW			2
@@ -348,6 +354,7 @@ 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 fail_over_mac_tbl[];
+extern const struct bond_parm_tbl pri_reselect_tbl[];
 extern struct bond_parm_tbl ad_select_tbl[];
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
