diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 39e5b1c7ffe2..72df399c4ab3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -2404,8 +2404,8 @@ static void bond_validate_arp(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave, __be32
 	slave->target_last_arp_rx[i] = jiffies;
 }
 
-static int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
-			struct slave *slave)
+int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
+		 struct slave *slave)
 {
 	struct arphdr *arp = (struct arphdr *)skb->data;
 	unsigned char *arp_ptr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 4e386836d34f..eeab40b01b7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_mode(struct device *d,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* don't cache arp_validate between modes */
+	bond->params.arp_validate = BOND_ARP_VALIDATE_NONE;
 	bond->params.mode = new_value;
 	bond_set_mode_ops(bond, bond->params.mode);
 	pr_info("%s: setting mode to %s (%d).\n",
@@ -419,8 +421,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_validate(struct device *d,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr,
 					  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int new_value, ret = count;
 
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_validate(struct device *d,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (new_value && (bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP)) {
+	if (bond->params.mode != BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
 		pr_err("%s: arp_validate only supported in active-backup mode.\n",
 		       bond->dev->name);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -441,6 +443,12 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_validate(struct device *d,
 		bond->dev->name, arp_validate_tbl[new_value].modename,
 		new_value);
 
+	if (bond->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+		if (!new_value)
+			bond->recv_probe = NULL;
+		else if (bond->params.arp_interval)
+			bond->recv_probe = bond_arp_rcv;
+	}
 	bond->params.arp_validate = new_value;
 out:
 	rtnl_unlock();
@@ -561,8 +569,8 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 					  struct device_attribute *attr,
 					  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int new_value, ret = count;
 	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+	int new_value, ret = count;
 
 	if (!rtnl_trylock())
 		return restart_syscall();
@@ -605,8 +613,13 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_interval(struct device *d,
 		 * is called.
 		 */
 		if (!new_value) {
+			if (bond->params.arp_validate)
+				bond->recv_probe = NULL;
 			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->arp_work);
 		} else {
+			/* arp_validate can be set only in active-backup mode */
+			if (bond->params.arp_validate)
+				bond->recv_probe = bond_arp_rcv;
 			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&bond->mii_work);
 			queue_delayed_work(bond->wq, &bond->arp_work, 0);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index f7ab16185f68..7ad8bd5cc947 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ static inline bool slave_can_tx(struct slave *slave)
 
 struct bond_net;
 
+int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave);
 struct vlan_entry *bond_next_vlan(struct bonding *bond, struct vlan_entry *curr);
 int bond_dev_queue_xmit(struct bonding *bond, struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *slave_dev);
 void bond_xmit_slave_id(struct bonding *bond, struct sk_buff *skb, int slave_id);