diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index f30397e7131f..9629088cb990 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ static int bond_changelink(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 	if (data[IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY]) {
 		int updelay = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_BOND_UPDELAY]);
 
-		err = bond_option_updelay_set(bond, updelay);
+		bond_opt_initval(&newval, updelay);
+		err = __bond_opt_set(bond, BOND_OPT_UPDELAY, &newval);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 03514f7e17b9..9cc21628032f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ static struct bond_option bond_opts[] = {
 		.values = bond_intmax_tbl,
 		.set = bond_option_downdelay_set
 	},
+	[BOND_OPT_UPDELAY] = {
+		.id = BOND_OPT_UPDELAY,
+		.name = "updelay",
+		.desc = "Delay before considering link up, in milliseconds",
+		.values = bond_intmax_tbl,
+		.set = bond_option_updelay_set
+	},
+
 	{ }
 };
 
@@ -558,31 +566,24 @@ int bond_option_miimon_set(struct bonding *bond, int miimon)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond, int updelay)
+int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond, struct bond_opt_value *newval)
 {
-	if (!(bond->params.miimon)) {
+	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);
+	if ((newval->value % bond->params.miimon) != 0) {
+		pr_warn("%s: Warning: up delay (%llu) is not a multiple of miimon (%d), updelay rounded to %llu ms\n",
+			bond->dev->name, newval->value,
+			bond->params.miimon,
+			(newval->value / bond->params.miimon) *
+			bond->params.miimon);
 	}
+	bond->params.updelay = newval->value / bond->params.miimon;
+	pr_info("%s: Setting up delay to %d.\n",
+		bond->dev->name,
+		bond->params.updelay * bond->params.miimon);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
index 5a3f4053811d..594046c3a608 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ enum {
 	BOND_OPT_ARP_INTERVAL,
 	BOND_OPT_ARP_TARGETS,
 	BOND_OPT_DOWNDELAY,
+	BOND_OPT_UPDELAY,
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
@@ -124,4 +125,6 @@ int bond_option_arp_ip_targets_set(struct bonding *bond,
 void bond_option_arp_ip_targets_clear(struct bonding *bond);
 int bond_option_downdelay_set(struct bonding *bond,
 			      struct bond_opt_value *newval);
+int bond_option_updelay_set(struct bonding *bond,
+			    struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 #endif /* _BOND_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index b4f67132b3ba..b873a88c3e2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -527,23 +527,13 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_updelay(struct device *d,
 				     struct device_attribute *attr,
 				     const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int ret;
 
-	if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &new_value) != 1) {
-		pr_err("%s: no up delay value specified.\n",
-		bond->dev->name);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (!rtnl_trylock())
-		return restart_syscall();
-
-	ret = bond_option_updelay_set(bond, new_value);
+	ret = bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(bond, BOND_OPT_UPDELAY, (char *)buf);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = count;
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(updelay, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 6286bb7b2092..f2b127060c90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ int bond_netlink_init(void);
 void bond_netlink_fini(void);
 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);
 int bond_option_use_carrier_set(struct bonding *bond, int use_carrier);
 int bond_option_arp_ip_target_add(struct bonding *bond, __be32 target);
 int bond_option_arp_ip_target_rem(struct bonding *bond, __be32 target);