diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index d01871321d220e1cbca0b2099a4686b608decc3c..baa93191dfdd93ed93625ff922d58d7cf9e1b751 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4491,7 +4491,6 @@ static void bond_uninit(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 
 	list_del(&bond->bond_list);
 
-	lockdep_unregister_key(&bond->stats_lock_key);
 	bond_debug_unregister(bond);
 }
 
@@ -4896,8 +4895,6 @@ static int bond_init(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&bond->stats_lock);
-	lockdep_register_key(&bond->stats_lock_key);
-	lockdep_set_class(&bond->stats_lock, &bond->stats_lock_key);
 	netdev_lockdep_set_classes(bond_dev);
 
 	list_add_tail(&bond->bond_list, &bn->dev_list);
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index dc2ce31a1f523965da28188a88c5afd92dea1a1e..0b696da5c1157b8f5b84fc79babc404840fd67fd 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ struct bonding {
 	struct	 dentry *debug_dir;
 #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
 	struct rtnl_link_stats64 bond_stats;
-	struct lock_class_key stats_lock_key;
 };
 
 #define bond_slave_get_rcu(dev) \