[IFLA_BOND_MODE]                = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE]        = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [IFLA_BOND_MIIMON]              = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY]             = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
 static int bond_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
                if (err)
                        return err;
        }
+       if (data[IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY]) {
+               int updelay = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY]);
+
+               err = bond_option_updelay_set(bond, updelay);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
        return nla_total_size(sizeof(u8)) +     /* IFLA_BOND_MODE */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_MIIMON */
+               nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY */
                0;
 }
 
        if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_MIIMON, bond->params.miimon))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
+       if (nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY,
+                       bond->params.updelay * bond->params.miimon))
+               goto nla_put_failure;
+
        return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 
        }
        return 0;
 }
+
+int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond, int updelay)
+{
+       if (!(bond->params.miimon)) {
+               pr_err("%s: Unable to set up delay as MII monitoring is disabled\n",
+                      bond->dev->name);
+               return -EPERM;
+       }
+
+       if (updelay < 0) {
+               pr_err("%s: Invalid up delay value %d not in range %d-%d; rejected.\n",
+                      bond->dev->name, updelay, 0, INT_MAX);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       } else {
+               if ((updelay % bond->params.miimon) != 0) {
+                       pr_warn("%s: Warning: up delay (%d) is not a multiple of miimon (%d), updelay rounded to %d ms\n",
+                               bond->dev->name, updelay,
+                               bond->params.miimon,
+                               (updelay / bond->params.miimon) *
+                               bond->params.miimon);
+               }
+               bond->params.updelay = updelay / bond->params.miimon;
+               pr_info("%s: Setting up delay to %d.\n",
+                       bond->dev->name,
+                       bond->params.updelay * bond->params.miimon);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
 
                                     struct device_attribute *attr,
                                     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-       int new_value, ret = count;
+       int new_value, ret;
        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);
-               ret = -EPERM;
-               goto out;
-       }
-
        if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
                pr_err("%s: no up delay value specified.\n",
-                      bond->dev->name);
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
-       if (new_value < 0) {
-               pr_err("%s: Invalid up delay value %d not in range %d-%d; rejected.\n",
-                      bond->dev->name, new_value, 0, INT_MAX);
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       } else {
-               if ((new_value % bond->params.miimon) != 0) {
-                       pr_warning("%s: Warning: up delay (%d) is not a multiple of miimon (%d), updelay rounded to %d ms\n",
-                                  bond->dev->name, new_value,
-                                  bond->params.miimon,
-                                  (new_value / bond->params.miimon) *
-                                  bond->params.miimon);
-               }
-               bond->params.updelay = new_value / bond->params.miimon;
-               pr_info("%s: Setting up delay to %d.\n",
-                       bond->dev->name,
-                       bond->params.updelay * bond->params.miimon);
+               bond->dev->name);
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-out:
+       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+               return restart_syscall();
+
+       ret = bond_option_updelay_set(bond, new_value);
+       if (!ret)
+               ret = count;
+
        rtnl_unlock();
        return ret;
 }
 
 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);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(struct bonding *bond);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get(struct bonding *bond);
 
 
        IFLA_BOND_MODE,
        IFLA_BOND_ACTIVE_SLAVE,
        IFLA_BOND_MIIMON,
+       IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY,
        __IFLA_BOND_MAX,
 };