diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index 0d8f427ade938c75052d804138cd377b02c34f99..b3c22527b938546cc94fa00840063cf44c04dd61 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -1861,8 +1861,6 @@ void bond_3ad_initiate_agg_selection(struct bonding *bond, int timeout)
 	BOND_AD_INFO(bond).agg_select_timer = timeout;
 }
 
-static u16 aggregator_identifier;
-
 /**
  * bond_3ad_initialize - initialize a bond's 802.3ad parameters and structures
  * @bond: bonding struct to work on
@@ -1876,7 +1874,7 @@ void bond_3ad_initialize(struct bonding *bond, u16 tick_resolution)
 	if (MAC_ADDRESS_COMPARE(&(BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr),
 				bond->dev->dev_addr)) {
 
-		aggregator_identifier = 0;
+		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier = 0;
 
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority = 0xFFFF;
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
@@ -1947,7 +1945,7 @@ int bond_3ad_bind_slave(struct slave *slave)
 		ad_initialize_agg(aggregator);
 
 		aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
-		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = (++aggregator_identifier);
+		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = ++BOND_AD_INFO(bond).aggregator_identifier;
 		aggregator->slave = slave;
 		aggregator->is_active = 0;
 		aggregator->num_of_ports = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
index 5d91ad0cc04142df9e73a52a62d06e5ab4d3898e..1f081c89753f51d2131ff17281df811575006096 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ struct ad_system {
 struct ad_bond_info {
 	struct ad_system system;	    /* 802.3ad system structure */
 	u32 agg_select_timer;	    // Timer to select aggregator after all adapter's hand shakes
+	u16 aggregator_identifier;
 };
 
 struct ad_slave_info {