arp_work.work);
        struct slave *slave, *oldcurrent;
        struct list_head *iter;
-       int do_failover = 0;
+       int do_failover = 0, slave_state_changed = 0;
 
        if (!bond_has_slaves(bond))
                goto re_arm;
                            bond_time_in_interval(bond, slave->dev->last_rx, 1)) {
 
                                slave->link  = BOND_LINK_UP;
-                               bond_set_active_slave(slave);
+                               slave_state_changed = 1;
 
                                /* primary_slave has no meaning in round-robin
                                 * mode. the window of a slave being up and
                            !bond_time_in_interval(bond, slave->dev->last_rx, 2)) {
 
                                slave->link  = BOND_LINK_DOWN;
-                               bond_set_backup_slave(slave);
+                               slave_state_changed = 1;
 
                                if (slave->link_failure_count < UINT_MAX)
                                        slave->link_failure_count++;
 
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
-       if (do_failover) {
-               /* the bond_select_active_slave must hold RTNL
-                * and curr_slave_lock for write.
-                */
+       if (do_failover || slave_state_changed) {
                if (!rtnl_trylock())
                        goto re_arm;
-               block_netpoll_tx();
-               write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
-               bond_select_active_slave(bond);
+               if (slave_state_changed) {
+                       bond_slave_state_change(bond);
+               } else if (do_failover) {
+                       /* the bond_select_active_slave must hold RTNL
+                        * and curr_slave_lock for write.
+                        */
+                       block_netpoll_tx();
+                       write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
 
-               write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
-               unblock_netpoll_tx();
+                       bond_select_active_slave(bond);
+
+                       write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
+                       unblock_netpoll_tx();
+               }
                rtnl_unlock();
        }
 
 
        }
 }
 
+static inline void bond_slave_state_change(struct bonding *bond)
+{
+       struct list_head *iter;
+       struct slave *tmp;
+
+       bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp, iter) {
+               if (tmp->link == BOND_LINK_UP)
+                       bond_set_active_slave(tmp);
+               else if (tmp->link == BOND_LINK_DOWN)
+                       bond_set_backup_slave(tmp);
+       }
+}
+
 static inline int bond_slave_state(struct slave *slave)
 {
        return slave->backup;