diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f100bd9..7a04f0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -214,17 +214,6 @@
 {	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},
@@ -4028,18 +4017,20 @@
 static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 {
 	int arp_validate_value, fail_over_mac_value, primary_reselect_value, i;
+	struct bond_opt_value newval, *valptr;
 	int arp_all_targets_value;
 
 	/*
 	 * Convert string parameters.
 	 */
 	if (mode) {
-		bond_mode = bond_parse_parm(mode, bond_mode_tbl);
-		if (bond_mode == -1) {
-			pr_err("Error: Invalid bonding mode \"%s\"\n",
-			       mode == NULL ? "NULL" : mode);
+		bond_opt_initstr(&newval, mode);
+		valptr = bond_opt_parse(bond_opt_get(BOND_OPT_MODE), &newval);
+		if (!valptr) {
+			pr_err("Error: Invalid bonding mode \"%s\"\n", mode);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		bond_mode = valptr->value;
 	}
 
 	if (xmit_hash_policy) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index e852655..db3f672 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 			   struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
+	struct bond_opt_value newval;
 	int miimon = 0;
 	int err;
 
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_MODE]) {
 		int mode = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_MODE]);
 
-		err = bond_option_mode_set(bond, mode);
+		bond_opt_initval(&newval, mode);
+		err = __bond_opt_set(bond, BOND_OPT_MODE, &newval);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 3ad140b..5696b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -19,7 +19,26 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include "bonding.h"
 
+static struct bond_opt_value 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,
+		.values = bond_mode_tbl,
+		.set = bond_option_mode_set
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -160,12 +179,15 @@
 static void bond_opt_dep_print(struct bonding *bond,
 			       const struct bond_option *opt)
 {
+	struct bond_opt_value *modeval;
 	struct bond_params *params;
 
 	params = &bond->params;
+	modeval = bond_opt_get_val(BOND_OPT_MODE, params->mode);
 	if (test_bit(params->mode, &opt->unsuppmodes))
-		pr_err("%s: option %s: mode dependency failed\n",
-		       bond->dev->name, opt->name);
+		pr_err("%s: option %s: mode dependency failed, not supported in mode %s(%llu)\n",
+		       bond->dev->name, opt->name,
+		       modeval->string, modeval->value);
 }
 
 static void bond_opt_error_interpret(struct bonding *bond,
@@ -290,29 +312,11 @@
 	return &bond_opts[option];
 }
 
-int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, int mode)
+int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, struct bond_opt_value *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;
-	}
-
-	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(mode) && bond->params.arp_interval) {
+	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(newval->value) && bond->params.arp_interval) {
 		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, newval->string);
 		/* disable arp monitoring */
 		bond->params.arp_interval = 0;
 		/* set miimon to default value */
@@ -323,7 +327,8 @@
 
 	/* don't cache arp_validate between modes */
 	bond->params.arp_validate = BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_NONE;
-	bond->params.mode = mode;
+	bond->params.mode = newval->value;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
index e20f2eb..11e6c06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 /* Option IDs, their bit positions correspond to their IDs */
 enum {
+	BOND_OPT_MODE,
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
@@ -97,4 +98,6 @@
 }
 #define bond_opt_initval(optval, value) __bond_opt_init(optval, NULL, value)
 #define bond_opt_initstr(optval, str) __bond_opt_init(optval, str, ULLONG_MAX)
+
+int bond_option_mode_set(struct bonding *bond, struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 #endif /* _BOND_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index c083e9a..3e537e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -263,37 +263,24 @@
 				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	struct bond_opt_value *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->string, 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())
-		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);
+	ret = bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(bond, BOND_OPT_MODE, (char *)buf);
+	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 8c3c94a..f8e2cab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@
 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);
@@ -563,7 +562,6 @@
 /* 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[];