diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 8c973398fef6..06f3a9f344b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4071,8 +4071,8 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		num_peer_notif = 1;
 	}
 
-	/* reset values for 802.3ad */
-	if (bond_mode == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
+	/* reset values for 802.3ad/TLB/ALB */
+	if (BOND_NO_USES_ARP(bond_mode)) {
 		if (!miimon) {
 			pr_warning("Warning: miimon must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failure, speed and duplex which are essential for 802.3ad operation\n");
 			pr_warning("Forcing miimon to 100msec\n");
@@ -4107,16 +4107,6 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 		packets_per_slave = 1;
 	}
 
-	/* reset values for TLB/ALB */
-	if ((bond_mode == BOND_MODE_TLB) ||
-	    (bond_mode == BOND_MODE_ALB)) {
-		if (!miimon) {
-			pr_warning("Warning: miimon must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failure and link speed which are essential for TLB/ALB load balancing\n");
-			pr_warning("Forcing miimon to 100msec\n");
-			miimon = BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (bond_mode == BOND_MODE_ALB) {
 		pr_notice("In ALB mode you might experience client disconnections upon reconnection of a link if the bonding module updelay parameter (%d msec) is incompatible with the forwarding delay time of the switch\n",
 			  updelay);