diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
index 9f32e2304004..0ec2a7e8c8a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs.c
@@ -604,15 +604,14 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_targets(struct device *d,
 		return restart_syscall();
 
 	targets = bond->params.arp_targets;
-	newtarget = in_aton(buf + 1);
+	if (!in4_pton(buf + 1, -1, (u8 *)&newtarget, -1, NULL) ||
+	    IS_IP_TARGET_UNUSABLE_ADDRESS(newtarget)) {
+		pr_err("%s: invalid ARP target %pI4 specified for addition\n",
+		       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
+		goto out;
+	}
 	/* look for adds */
 	if (buf[0] == '+') {
-		if ((newtarget == 0) || (newtarget == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST))) {
-			pr_err("%s: invalid ARP target %pI4 specified for addition\n",
-			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		if (bond_get_targets_ip(targets, newtarget) != -1) { /* dup */
 			pr_err("%s: ARP target %pI4 is already present\n",
 			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
@@ -635,12 +634,6 @@ static ssize_t bonding_store_arp_targets(struct device *d,
 		targets[ind] = newtarget;
 		write_unlock_bh(&bond->lock);
 	} else if (buf[0] == '-')	{
-		if ((newtarget == 0) || (newtarget == htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST))) {
-			pr_err("%s: invalid ARP target %pI4 specified for removal\n",
-			       bond->dev->name, &newtarget);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		ind = bond_get_targets_ip(targets, newtarget);
 		if (ind == -1) {
 			pr_err("%s: unable to remove nonexistent ARP target %pI4.\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
index 77a07a12e77f..ca31286aa028 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bonding.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 		(((mode) == BOND_MODE_TLB) ||	\
 		 ((mode) == BOND_MODE_ALB))
 
+#define IS_IP_TARGET_UNUSABLE_ADDRESS(a)	\
+	((htonl(INADDR_BROADCAST) == a) ||	\
+	 ipv4_is_zeronet(a))
 /*
  * Less bad way to call ioctl from within the kernel; this needs to be
  * done some other way to get the call out of interrupt context.