diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index a236234d2c2702894e41974d90d7d2351e023ff4..27fe329bdf8350cad97ab6850a7e2eb7e6195e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -1175,16 +1175,13 @@ static void alb_change_hw_addr_on_detach(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *sla
  * @slave.
  *
  * assumption: this function is called before @slave is attached to the
- * 	       bond slave list.
- *
- * caller must hold the bond lock for write since the mac addresses are compared
- * and may be swapped.
+ *	       bond slave list.
  */
 static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave)
 {
-	struct slave *tmp_slave1, *tmp_slave2, *free_mac_slave;
+	struct slave *tmp_slave1, *free_mac_slave = NULL;
 	struct slave *has_bond_addr = bond->curr_active_slave;
-	int i, j, found = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	if (bond->slave_cnt == 0) {
 		/* this is the first slave */
@@ -1196,15 +1193,7 @@ static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(struct bonding *bond, struct slav
 	 * slaves in the bond.
 	 */
 	if (!ether_addr_equal_64bits(slave->perm_hwaddr, bond->dev->dev_addr)) {
-		bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp_slave1, i) {
-			if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(tmp_slave1->dev->dev_addr,
-						    slave->dev->dev_addr)) {
-				found = 1;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!found)
+		if (!bond_slave_has_mac(bond, slave->dev->dev_addr))
 			return 0;
 
 		/* Try setting slave mac to bond address and fall-through
@@ -1215,19 +1204,8 @@ static int alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(struct bonding *bond, struct slav
 	/* The slave's address is equal to the address of the bond.
 	 * Search for a spare address in the bond for this slave.
 	 */
-	free_mac_slave = NULL;
-
 	bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp_slave1, i) {
-		found = 0;
-		bond_for_each_slave(bond, tmp_slave2, j) {
-			if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(tmp_slave1->perm_hwaddr,
-						    tmp_slave2->dev->dev_addr)) {
-				found = 1;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!found) {
+		if (!bond_slave_has_mac(bond, tmp_slave1->perm_hwaddr)) {
 			/* no slave has tmp_slave1's perm addr
 			 * as its curr addr
 			 */
@@ -1607,15 +1585,7 @@ int bond_alb_init_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct slave *slave)
 		return res;
 	}
 
-	/* caller must hold the bond lock for write since the mac addresses
-	 * are compared and may be swapped.
-	 */
-	read_lock(&bond->lock);
-
 	res = alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(bond, slave);
-
-	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
-
 	if (res) {
 		return res;
 	}