struct bonding *bond = container_of(work, struct bonding,
                                            mii_work.work);
        bool should_notify_peers = false;
-       unsigned long delay;
 
-       read_lock(&bond->lock);
-
-       delay = msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.miimon);
+       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+               goto re_arm;
 
-       if (!bond_has_slaves(bond))
+       if (!bond_has_slaves(bond)) {
+               rtnl_unlock();
                goto re_arm;
+       }
 
        should_notify_peers = bond_should_notify_peers(bond);
 
-       if (bond_miimon_inspect(bond)) {
-               read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-
-               /* Race avoidance with bond_close cancel of workqueue */
-               if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
-                       read_lock(&bond->lock);
-                       delay = 1;
-                       should_notify_peers = false;
-                       goto re_arm;
-               }
-
-               read_lock(&bond->lock);
-
+       if (bond_miimon_inspect(bond))
                bond_miimon_commit(bond);
 
-               read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-               rtnl_unlock();  /* might sleep, hold no other locks */
-               read_lock(&bond->lock);
-       }
+       if (should_notify_peers)
+               call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, bond->dev);
+
+       rtnl_unlock();
 
 re_arm:
        if (bond->params.miimon)
-               queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work, delay);
-
-       read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-
-       if (should_notify_peers) {
-               if (!rtnl_trylock())
-                       return;
-               call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, bond->dev);
-               rtnl_unlock();
-       }
+               queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->mii_work,
+                               msecs_to_jiffies(bond->params.miimon));
 }
 
 static bool bond_has_this_ip(struct bonding *bond, __be32 ip)