diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
index 34946115acec..2c197b68baf0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio
 	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
 	SysFs interface.
 
+ad_actor_system
+
+	In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in
+	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or
+	multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this
+	mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then
+	system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system
+	address.
+
+	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
+	SysFs interface.
+
 ad_select
 
 	Specifies the 802.3ad aggregation selection logic to use.  The
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index 4c003bc87d4b..012f7bc22d91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -1910,7 +1910,12 @@ void bond_3ad_initialize(struct bonding *bond, u16 tick_resolution)
 
 		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority =
 			bond->params.ad_actor_sys_prio;
-		BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr = *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
+		if (is_zero_ether_addr(bond->params.ad_actor_system))
+			BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr =
+			    *((struct mac_addr *)bond->dev->dev_addr);
+		else
+			BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr =
+			    *((struct mac_addr *)bond->params.ad_actor_system);
 
 		/* initialize how many times this module is called in one
 		 * second (should be about every 100ms)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 5f2f28f0e927..a4e2f27ef683 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4474,6 +4474,7 @@ static int bond_check_params(struct bond_params *params)
 	params->packets_per_slave = packets_per_slave;
 	params->tlb_dynamic_lb = 1; /* Default value */
 	params->ad_actor_sys_prio = ad_actor_sys_prio;
+	eth_zero_addr(params->ad_actor_system);
 	if (packets_per_slave > 0) {
 		params->reciprocal_packets_per_slave =
 			reciprocal_value(packets_per_slave);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index d2b47e5e99f7..cdcef217ac84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static int bond_option_tlb_dynamic_lb_set(struct bonding *bond,
 				  const struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 static int bond_option_ad_actor_sys_prio_set(struct bonding *bond,
 					     const struct bond_opt_value *newval);
+static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond,
+					   const struct bond_opt_value *newval);
 
 
 static const struct bond_opt_value bond_mode_tbl[] = {
@@ -396,6 +398,13 @@ static const struct bond_option bond_opts[BOND_OPT_LAST] = {
 		.values = bond_ad_actor_sys_prio_tbl,
 		.set = bond_option_ad_actor_sys_prio_set,
 	},
+	[BOND_OPT_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM] = {
+		.id = BOND_OPT_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM,
+		.name = "ad_actor_system",
+		.unsuppmodes = BOND_MODE_ALL_EX(BIT(BOND_MODE_8023AD)),
+		.flags = BOND_OPTFLAG_RAWVAL | BOND_OPTFLAG_IFDOWN,
+		.set = bond_option_ad_actor_system_set,
+	},
 };
 
 /* Searches for an option by name */
@@ -1375,3 +1384,21 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_sys_prio_set(struct bonding *bond,
 	bond->params.ad_actor_sys_prio = newval->value;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond,
+					   const struct bond_opt_value *newval)
+{
+	u8 macaddr[ETH_ALEN];
+	int i;
+
+	i = sscanf(newval->string, "%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx:%hhx",
+		   &macaddr[0], &macaddr[1], &macaddr[2],
+		   &macaddr[3], &macaddr[4], &macaddr[5]);
+	if (i != ETH_ALEN || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
+		netdev_err(bond->dev, "Invalid MAC address.\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	ether_addr_copy(bond->params.ad_actor_system, macaddr);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
index 11369299e7e5..e7f3047a26df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_procfs.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static void bond_info_show_master(struct seq_file *seq)
 			   optval->string);
 		seq_printf(seq, "System priority: %d\n",
 			   BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_priority);
+		seq_printf(seq, "System MAC address: %pM\n",
+			   &BOND_AD_INFO(bond).system.sys_mac_addr);
 
 		if (__bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &ad_info)) {
 			seq_printf(seq, "bond %s has no active aggregator\n",
@@ -200,6 +202,8 @@ static void bond_info_show_slave(struct seq_file *seq,
 			seq_puts(seq, "details actor lacp pdu:\n");
 			seq_printf(seq, "    system priority: %d\n",
 				   port->actor_system_priority);
+			seq_printf(seq, "    system mac address: %pM\n",
+				   &port->actor_system);
 			seq_printf(seq, "    port key: %d\n",
 				   port->actor_oper_port_key);
 			seq_printf(seq, "    port priority: %d\n",
@@ -212,6 +216,8 @@ static void bond_info_show_slave(struct seq_file *seq,
 			seq_puts(seq, "details partner lacp pdu:\n");
 			seq_printf(seq, "    system priority: %d\n",
 				   port->partner_oper.system_priority);
+			seq_printf(seq, "    system mac address: %pM\n",
+				   &port->partner_oper.system);
 			seq_printf(seq, "    oper key: %d\n",
 				   port->partner_oper.key);
 			seq_printf(seq, "    port priority: %d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 4a7626611ca6..09fefa50d055 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -706,6 +706,21 @@ static ssize_t bonding_show_ad_actor_sys_prio(struct device *d,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(ad_actor_sys_prio, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		   bonding_show_ad_actor_sys_prio, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
 
+static ssize_t bonding_show_ad_actor_system(struct device *d,
+					    struct device_attribute *attr,
+					    char *buf)
+{
+	struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
+
+	if (BOND_MODE(bond) == BOND_MODE_8023AD)
+		return sprintf(buf, "%pM\n", bond->params.ad_actor_system);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(ad_actor_system, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   bonding_show_ad_actor_system, bonding_sysfs_store_option);
+
 static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_slaves.attr,
 	&dev_attr_mode.attr,
@@ -740,6 +755,7 @@ static struct attribute *per_bond_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_packets_per_slave.attr,
 	&dev_attr_tlb_dynamic_lb.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ad_actor_sys_prio.attr,
+	&dev_attr_ad_actor_system.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/bond_options.h b/include/net/bond_options.h
index 894002a2620f..eeeefa1d3cd8 100644
--- a/include/net/bond_options.h
+++ b/include/net/bond_options.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum {
 	BOND_OPT_SLAVES,
 	BOND_OPT_TLB_DYNAMIC_LB,
 	BOND_OPT_AD_ACTOR_SYS_PRIO,
+	BOND_OPT_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM,
 	BOND_OPT_LAST
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/bonding.h b/include/net/bonding.h
index 405cf87a450a..650f38693956 100644
--- a/include/net/bonding.h
+++ b/include/net/bonding.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ struct bond_params {
 	int tlb_dynamic_lb;
 	struct reciprocal_value reciprocal_packets_per_slave;
 	u16 ad_actor_sys_prio;
+	u8 ad_actor_system[ETH_ALEN];
 };
 
 struct bond_parm_tbl {