diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 6bd3b50faf48..e549bf6f5cac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3243,7 +3243,7 @@ u32 bond_xmit_hash(struct bonding *bond, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 /*-------------------------- Device entry points ----------------------------*/
 
-static void bond_work_init_all(struct bonding *bond)
+void bond_work_init_all(struct bonding *bond)
 {
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bond->mcast_work,
 			  bond_resend_igmp_join_requests_delayed);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index b8df0f5e8c25..c502c139d3bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ static int bond_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *bond_dev,
 	err = register_netdevice(bond_dev);
 
 	netif_carrier_off(bond_dev);
+	if (!err) {
+		struct bonding *bond = netdev_priv(bond_dev);
+
+		bond_work_init_all(bond);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 04a21e8048be..b00508d22e0a 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ struct bond_vlan_tag *bond_verify_device_path(struct net_device *start_dev,
 					      int level);
 int bond_update_slave_arr(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *skipslave);
 void bond_slave_arr_work_rearm(struct bonding *bond, unsigned long delay);
+void bond_work_init_all(struct bonding *bond);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 void bond_create_proc_entry(struct bonding *bond);