diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index cce1f1b..6d20fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -1796,8 +1796,6 @@
 	BOND_AD_INFO(bond).agg_select_timer = timeout;
 }
 
-static u16 aggregator_identifier;
-
 /**
  * bond_3ad_initialize - initialize a bond's 802.3ad parameters and structures
  * @bond: bonding struct to work on
@@ -1811,7 +1809,7 @@
 	if (!MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL(&(BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr),
 				bond->dev->dev_addr)) {
 
-		aggregator_identifier = 0;
+		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier = 0;
 
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority = 0xFFFF;
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
@@ -1880,7 +1878,7 @@
 		ad_initialize_agg(aggregator);
 
 		aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
-		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = (++aggregator_identifier);
+		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = ++BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier;
 		aggregator->slave = slave;
 		aggregator->is_active = 0;
 		aggregator->num_of_ports = 0;