diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index 8d423bc649b9..263b4de4de57 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ static int old_dev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 		if (!ns_capable(dev_net(dev)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
 
-		br->ageing_time = clock_t_to_jiffies(args[1]);
-		return 0;
+		return br_set_ageing_time(br, args[1]);
 
 	case BRCTL_GET_PORT_INFO:
 	{
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index d78b4429505a..544ab966d477 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -870,9 +870,9 @@ static int br_changelink(struct net_device *brdev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	}
 
 	if (data[IFLA_BR_AGEING_TIME]) {
-		u32 ageing_time = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BR_AGEING_TIME]);
-
-		br->ageing_time = clock_t_to_jiffies(ageing_time);
+		err = br_set_ageing_time(br, nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BR_AGEING_TIME]));
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	}
 
 	if (data[IFLA_BR_STP_STATE]) {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 09d3ecbcb4f0..ba0c67b2159a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ void __br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long t);
 int br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
 int br_set_hello_time(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
 int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
+int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, u32 ageing_time);
 
 
 /* br_stp_if.c */
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
index 3a982c02599a..db6d243defb2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
@@ -566,6 +566,29 @@ int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
 
 }
 
+int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, u32 ageing_time)
+{
+	struct switchdev_attr attr = {
+		.id = SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_BRIDGE_AGEING_TIME,
+		.flags = SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP,
+		.u.ageing_time = ageing_time,
+	};
+	unsigned long t = clock_t_to_jiffies(ageing_time);
+	int err;
+
+	if (t < BR_MIN_AGEING_TIME || t > BR_MAX_AGEING_TIME)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	err = switchdev_port_attr_set(br->dev, &attr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	br->ageing_time = t;
+	mod_timer(&br->gc_timer, jiffies);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void __br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long t)
 {
 	br->bridge_forward_delay = t;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 4c97fc50fb70..04ef1926ee7e 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ static ssize_t ageing_time_show(struct device *d,
 
 static int set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
 {
-	br->ageing_time = clock_t_to_jiffies(val);
-	return 0;
+	return br_set_ageing_time(br, val);
 }
 
 static ssize_t ageing_time_store(struct device *d,