diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 0d06e75..5ab3c18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	if (nla_put_u16(skb, IFLA_BOND_SLAVE_QUEUE_ID, slave->queue_id))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (slave->bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
+	if (BOND_MODE(slave->bond) == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
 		const struct aggregator *agg;
 
 		agg = SLAVE_AD_INFO(slave)->port.aggregator;
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 	unsigned int packets_per_slave;
 	int i, targets_added;
 
-	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_MODE, bond->params.mode))
+	if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_MODE, BOND_MODE(bond)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (slave_dev &&
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
 		       bond->params.ad_select))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
+	if (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
 		struct ad_info info;
 
 		if (!bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &info)) {