diff -puN drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bond_mainc-fix-device-deregistration-in-init-exception drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
--- devel/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c~bond_mainc-fix-device-deregistration-in-init-exception 2005-09-17 23:18:38.000000000 -0700
+++ devel-akpm/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c 2005-09-17 23:31:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -5039,6 +5039,14 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
return 0;
out_err:
+ /*
+ * rtnl_unlock() will run netdev_run_todo(), putting the
+ * thus-far-registered bonding devices into a state which
+ * unregigister_netdevice() will accept
+ */
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ rtnl_lock();
+