diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device-bond.c b/src/devices/nm-device-bond.c
index e365ee6d66..68375d81f5 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device-bond.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device-bond.c
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ apply_bonding_config (NMDevice *device)
 	set_simple_option (device, "ad_select", s_bond, NM_SETTING_BOND_OPTION_AD_SELECT);
 	set_simple_option (device, "xmit_hash_policy", s_bond, NM_SETTING_BOND_OPTION_XMIT_HASH_POLICY);
 	set_simple_option (device, "resend_igmp", s_bond, NM_SETTING_BOND_OPTION_RESEND_IGMP);
-	set_simple_option (device, "lacp_rate", s_bond, NM_SETTING_BOND_OPTION_LACP_RATE);
+
+	if (   g_strcmp0 (mode, "4") == 0
+	    || g_strcmp0 (mode, "802.3ad") == 0)
+		set_simple_option (device, "lacp_rate", s_bond, NM_SETTING_BOND_OPTION_LACP_RATE);
 
 	return NM_ACT_STAGE_RETURN_SUCCESS;
 }