diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 6245d92b7a0c..9f32e2304004 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_downdelay(struct device *d,
 	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	if (!(bond->params.miimon)) {
 		pr_err("%s: Unable to set down delay as MII monitoring is disabled\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
@@ -735,6 +737,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_downdelay(struct device *d,
 	}
 
 out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(downdelay, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
@@ -757,6 +760,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_updelay(struct device *d,
 	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
 
+	if (!rtnl_trylock())
+		return restart_syscall();
 	if (!(bond->params.miimon)) {
 		pr_err("%s: Unable to set up delay as MII monitoring is disabled\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
@@ -790,6 +795,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_updelay(struct device *d,
 	}
 
 out:
+	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(updelay, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,