diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index c3dbe64e628e..3640694be34d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ config BONDING
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
 	  will be called bonding.
 
+config BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
+	default y
+	bool "Maintain legacy interface names"
+	help
+	  The bonding driver historically made use of the terms "master" and
+	  "slave" to describe it's component members. This has since been
+	  changed to "aggregator" and "link" as part of a broader effort to
+	  remove the use of socially problematic language from the kernel.
+	  However, removing all such cases requires breaking long-standing
+	  user-facing interfaces in /proc and /sys, which will not be done,
+	  unless you opt out of them here, by selecting 'N'.
+
 config DUMMY
 	tristate "Dummy net driver support"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index 437df9a207a6..7bf1a13a3c17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ static const struct bond_option bond_opts[BOND_OPT_LAST] = {
 		.values = bond_intmax_tbl,
 		.set = bond_option_peer_notif_delay_set
 	},
-/* legacy sysfs interface names */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	[BOND_OPT_PACKETS_PER_SLAVE] = {
 		.id = BOND_OPT_PACKETS_PER_SLAVE,
 		.name = "packets_per_slave",
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static const struct bond_option bond_opts[BOND_OPT_LAST] = {
 		.flags = BOND_OPTFLAG_RAWVAL,
 		.set = bond_option_links_set
 	},
-/* end legacy sysfs interface names */
+#endif
 };
 
 /* Searches for an option by name */
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
index abd265d6e975..91ece68607b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 
 #include "bonding_priv.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
+const char *linkdesc = "Slave";
+#else
+const char *linkdesc = "Link";
+#endif
+
 static void *bond_info_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	__acquires(RCU)
 {
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@ static void bond_info_show_aggregator(struct seq_file *seq)
 
 	if (bond_uses_primary(bond)) {
 		primary = rcu_dereference(bond->primary_link);
-		seq_printf(seq, "Primary Slave: %s",
+		seq_printf(seq, "Primary %s: %s", linkdesc,
 			   primary ? primary->dev->name : "None");
 		if (primary) {
 			optval = bond_opt_get_val(BOND_OPT_PRIMARY_RESELECT,
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@ static void bond_info_show_aggregator(struct seq_file *seq)
 				   optval->string);
 		}
 
-		seq_printf(seq, "\nCurrently Active Slave: %s\n",
+		seq_printf(seq, "\nCurrently Active %s: %s\n", linkdesc,
 			   (curr) ? curr->dev->name : "None");
 	}
 
@@ -171,7 +177,7 @@ static void bond_info_show_link(struct seq_file *seq,
 {
 	struct bonding *bond = PDE_DATA(file_inode(seq->file));
 
-	seq_printf(seq, "\nSlave Interface: %s\n", link->dev->name);
+	seq_printf(seq, "\n%s Interface: %s\n", linkdesc, link->dev->name);
 	seq_printf(seq, "MII Status: %s\n",
 		   bond_link_status(link->link_state));
 	if (link->speed == SPEED_UNKNOWN)
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ static void bond_info_show_link(struct seq_file *seq,
 
 	seq_printf(seq, "Permanent HW addr: %*phC\n",
 		   link->dev->addr_len, link->perm_hwaddr);
-	seq_printf(seq, "Slave queue ID: %d\n", link->queue_id);
+	seq_printf(seq, "%s queue ID: %d\n", linkdesc, link->queue_id);
 
 	if (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_8023AD) {
 		const struct port *port = &LINK_AD_INFO(link)->port;
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 0a4d095b8c3d..9065f24e31c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static const struct class_attribute class_attr_bonding_aggregators = {
 	.store = bonding_store_bonds,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 /* "show" function for the bond_masters attribute.
  * The class parameter is ignored.
  */
@@ -178,7 +179,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_bonds_legacy(struct class *cls,
 	return __bonding_store_bonds(bn, buffer, count);
 }
 
-/* legacy sysfs interface name */
 static const struct class_attribute class_attr_bonding_masters = {
 	.attr = {
 		.name = "bonding_masters",
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static const struct class_attribute class_attr_bonding_masters = {
 	.show = bonding_show_bonds_legacy,
 	.store = bonding_store_bonds_legacy,
 };
+#endif
 
 /* Generic "store" method for bonding sysfs option setting */
 static ssize_t bonding_sysfs_store_option(struct device *d,
@@ -771,7 +772,7 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_ad_user_port_key(struct device *d,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ad_user_port_key, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_ad_user_port_key, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 
-/* legacy sysfs interface names */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 static DEVICE_ATTR(slaves, 0644, bonding_show_links,
 		   bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(min_slaves, 0644,
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(all_slaves_active, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_links_active, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(packets_per_slave, 0644,
 		   bonding_show_packets_per_link, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
-/* end legacy sysfs interface names */
+#endif
 
 static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_links.attr,
@@ -821,13 +822,13 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_ad_actor_sys_prio.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ad_actor_system.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ad_user_port_key.attr,
-/* legacy sysfs interface names */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	&dev_attr_slaves.attr,
 	&dev_attr_active_slave.attr,
 	&dev_attr_all_slaves_active.attr,
 	&dev_attr_min_slaves.attr,
 	&dev_attr_packets_per_slave.attr,
-/* end legacy sysfs interface names */
+#endif
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -874,6 +875,7 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(struct bond_net *bn)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	bn->class_attr_bonding_masters = class_attr_bonding_masters;
 	sysfs_attr_init(&bn->class_attr_bonding_masters.attr);
 
@@ -888,14 +890,17 @@ int bond_create_sysfs(struct bond_net *bn)
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 
+#endif
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Remove /sys/class/net/bonding_aggregators and _masters. */
 void bond_destroy_sysfs(struct bond_net *bn)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	netdev_class_remove_file_ns(&bn->class_attr_bonding_masters,
 				    bn->net);
+#endif
 	netdev_class_remove_file_ns(&bn->class_attr_bonding_aggregators,
 				    bn->net);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_link.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_link.c
index 595db312df10..f0cb43a9773b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_link.c
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ static ssize_t link_failure_count_show(struct link *link, char *buf)
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", link->link_failure_count);
 }
 static LINK_ATTR_RO(link_failure_count);
-/* legacy sysfs interface */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 static LINK_ATTR(slave_failure_count, 0444, link_failure_count_show);
+#endif
 
 static ssize_t perm_hwaddr_show(struct link *link, char *buf)
 {
@@ -119,8 +120,9 @@ static const struct link_attribute *link_attrs[] = {
 	&link_attr_ad_aggregator_id,
 	&link_attr_ad_actor_oper_port_state,
 	&link_attr_ad_partner_oper_port_state,
-/* legacy sysfs interface */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	&link_attr_slave_failure_count,
+#endif
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -156,11 +158,12 @@ int bond_sysfs_link_add(struct link *link)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_kobject_put;
 
-/* legacy sysfs interface */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	err = sysfs_create_link(&(link->dev->dev.kobj), &link->kobj,
 				"bonding_slave");
 	if (err)
 		goto err_kobject_put;
+#endif
 
 	for (a = link_attrs; *a; ++a) {
 		err = sysfs_create_file(&link->kobj, &((*a)->attr));
@@ -182,8 +185,9 @@ void bond_sysfs_link_del(struct link *link)
 	for (a = link_attrs; *a; ++a)
 		sysfs_remove_file(&link->kobj, &((*a)->attr));
 
-/* legacy sysfs interface */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	sysfs_remove_link(&(link->dev->dev.kobj), "bonding_slave");
+#endif
 
 	kobject_put(&link->kobj);
 }
diff --git a/include/net/bond_options.h b/include/net/bond_options.h
index 2c2e4a94bdc2..48c5bb20cf46 100644
--- a/include/net/bond_options.h
+++ b/include/net/bond_options.h
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ enum {
 	BOND_OPT_AD_USER_PORT_KEY,
 	BOND_OPT_NUM_PEER_NOTIF_ALIAS,
 	BOND_OPT_PEER_NOTIF_DELAY,
-/* legacy sysfs interface names */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	BOND_OPT_PACKETS_PER_SLAVE,
 	BOND_OPT_MINSLAVES,
 	BOND_OPT_ACTIVE_SLAVE,
 	BOND_OPT_ALL_SLAVES_ACTIVE,
 	BOND_OPT_SLAVES,
-/* end legacy sysfs interface names */
+#endif
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index af3fecc27a19..d43f1a7450b0 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -614,7 +614,9 @@ struct bond_net {
 	struct proc_dir_entry	*proc_dir;
 #endif
 	struct class_attribute	class_attr_bonding_aggregators;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BONDING_LEGACY_INTERFACES
 	struct class_attribute	class_attr_bonding_masters;
+#endif
 };
 
 int bond_arp_rcv(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond, struct link *link);
