diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 46a2ed5..8766b12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 	unsigned long jiffies;
 	unsigned long last_arp_rx;
 	s8     link;    /* one of BOND_LINK_XXXX */
+	s8     new_link;
 	s8     state;   /* one of BOND_STATE_XXXX */
 	u32    original_flags;
 	u32    original_mtu;
@@ -170,6 +171,11 @@
 };
 
 /*
+ * Link pseudo-state only used internally by monitors
+ */
+#define BOND_LINK_NOCHANGE -1
+
+/*
  * Here are the locking policies for the two bonding locks:
  *
  * 1) Get bond->lock when reading/writing slave list.