diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f4960f516c397d6064adbbf31795f312f757edd7..6dc4284615419d289a98bd1769108461d0c1ddcd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ int bond_release(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev)
 	}
 
 	block_netpoll_tx();
-	netdev_bonding_change(bond_dev, NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE);
+	netdev_bonding_change(bond_dev, NETDEV_RELEASE);
 	write_lock_bh(&bond->lock);
 
 	slave = bond_get_slave_by_dev(bond, slave_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 4190786de4032d681f775025ddc3a91f61f3b0f5..dfc82720065ac0d68bb657dbf19150ff7dd4c89e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	bool stopped = false;
 
 	if (!(event == NETDEV_CHANGENAME || event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER ||
-	      event == NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE || event == NETDEV_JOIN))
+	      event == NETDEV_RELEASE || event == NETDEV_JOIN))
 		goto done;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 			case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
 				strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 				break;
-			case NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE:
+			case NETDEV_RELEASE:
 			case NETDEV_JOIN:
 			case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 				/*
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ static int netconsole_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 		case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
 			printk(KERN_CONT "unregistered\n");
 			break;
-		case NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE:
+		case NETDEV_RELEASE:
 			printk(KERN_CONT "released slaves\n");
 			break;
 		case NETDEV_JOIN:
diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index a577762afbe74fa11cb2d8c74ceed95fd6e8093a..c0688b0168b3469bcb1a6f16001c4f81e15f2cd5 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int ret)
 #define NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE	0x000F
 #define NETDEV_POST_INIT	0x0010
 #define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 0x0011
-#define NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE  0x0012
+#define NETDEV_RELEASE		0x0012
 #define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS	0x0013
 #define NETDEV_JOIN		0x0014