diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index c68c1d1387ee..2e70e43c5df5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4370,7 +4370,6 @@ static void bond_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 				     struct ethtool_drvinfo *drvinfo)
 {
 	strlcpy(drvinfo->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(drvinfo->driver));
-	strlcpy(drvinfo->version, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(drvinfo->version));
 	snprintf(drvinfo->fw_version, sizeof(drvinfo->fw_version), "%d",
 		 BOND_ABI_VERSION);
 }
@@ -5008,8 +5007,6 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
 	int i;
 	int res;
 
-	pr_info("%s", bond_version);
-
 	res = bond_check_params(&bonding_defaults);
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
@@ -5064,6 +5061,5 @@ static void __exit bonding_exit(void)
 module_init(bonding_init);
 module_exit(bonding_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION ", v" DRV_VERSION);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Davis, tadavis@lbl.gov and many others");
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h
index 5a4d81a9437c..45b77bc8c7b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding_priv.h
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
 
 #ifndef _BONDING_PRIV_H
 #define _BONDING_PRIV_H
+#include <linux/vermagic.h>
 
-#define DRV_VERSION	"3.7.1"
-#define DRV_RELDATE	"April 27, 2011"
 #define DRV_NAME	"bonding"
 #define DRV_DESCRIPTION	"Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver"
 
-#define bond_version DRV_DESCRIPTION ": v" DRV_VERSION " (" DRV_RELDATE ")\n"
+#define bond_version DRV_DESCRIPTION ": v" UTS_RELEASE "\n"
 
 #endif