diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index ca81f46ea1aa..edc70ffad660 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@ enum ad_link_speed_type {
 #define MAC_ADDRESS_EQUAL(A, B)	\
 	ether_addr_equal_64bits((const u8 *)A, (const u8 *)B)
 
-static struct mac_addr null_mac_addr = { { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
+static const u8 null_mac_addr[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
+	0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+};
 static u16 ad_ticks_per_sec;
 static const int ad_delta_in_ticks = (AD_TIMER_INTERVAL * HZ) / 1000;
 
-static const u8 lacpdu_mcast_addr[ETH_ALEN] = MULTICAST_LACPDU_ADDR;
+static const u8 lacpdu_mcast_addr[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned =
+	MULTICAST_LACPDU_ADDR;
 
 /* ================= main 802.3ad protocol functions ================== */
 static int ad_lacpdu_send(struct port *port);
@@ -1739,7 +1742,7 @@ static void ad_clear_agg(struct aggregator *aggregator)
 		aggregator->is_individual = false;
 		aggregator->actor_admin_aggregator_key = 0;
 		aggregator->actor_oper_aggregator_key = 0;
-		aggregator->partner_system = null_mac_addr;
+		eth_zero_addr(aggregator->partner_system.mac_addr_value);
 		aggregator->partner_system_priority = 0;
 		aggregator->partner_oper_aggregator_key = 0;
 		aggregator->receive_state = 0;
@@ -1761,7 +1764,7 @@ static void ad_initialize_agg(struct aggregator *aggregator)
 	if (aggregator) {
 		ad_clear_agg(aggregator);
 
-		aggregator->aggregator_mac_address = null_mac_addr;
+		eth_zero_addr(aggregator->aggregator_mac_address.mac_addr_value);
 		aggregator->aggregator_identifier = 0;
 		aggregator->slave = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index c5ac160a8ae9..551f0f8dead3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -42,13 +42,10 @@
 
 
 
-#ifndef __long_aligned
-#define __long_aligned __attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))
-#endif
-static const u8 mac_bcast[ETH_ALEN] __long_aligned = {
+static const u8 mac_bcast[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
 	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
 };
-static const u8 mac_v6_allmcast[ETH_ALEN] __long_aligned = {
+static const u8 mac_v6_allmcast[ETH_ALEN + 2] __long_aligned = {
 	0x33, 0x33, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01
 };
 static const int alb_delta_in_ticks = HZ / ALB_TIMER_TICKS_PER_SEC;
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 791800ddd6d9..6360c259da6d 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
 #define BOND_DEFAULT_MIIMON	100
 
+#ifndef __long_aligned
+#define __long_aligned __attribute__((aligned((sizeof(long)))))
+#endif
 /*
  * Less bad way to call ioctl from within the kernel; this needs to be
  * done some other way to get the call out of interrupt context.
@@ -138,7 +141,9 @@ struct bond_params {
 	struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_packets_per_slave;
 	u16 ad_actor_sys_prio;
 	u16 ad_user_port_key;
-	u8 ad_actor_system[ETH_ALEN];
+
+	/* 2 bytes of padding : see ether_addr_equal_64bits() */
+	u8 ad_actor_system[ETH_ALEN + 2];
 };
 
 struct bond_parm_tbl {