diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index e1c99db..3f6e4d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -673,23 +673,13 @@
 				    struct device_attribute *attr,
 				    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int ret;
 
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
-		pr_err("%s: no miimon value specified.\n",
-		       bond->dev->name);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (!rtnl_trylock())
-		return restart_syscall();
-
-	ret = bond_option_miimon_set(bond, new_value);
+	ret = bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(bond, BOND_OPT_MIIMON, (char *)buf);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = count;
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(miimon, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,