diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
index 31cfd7d674a6cd767e31e0feb36e3fd1f4b127db..c0a789b0080635afdd208dc7600a9811f700347d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
@@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio
 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.
+	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast
+	address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally
+	use the MAC of the bond itself. 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.
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index a8fde3bc458f6c360252f0a3e0648e533936524e..b93337b5a7211f0361eb05ef81f503a5440272aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond,
 		mac = (u8 *)&newval->value;
 	}
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac))
 		goto err;
 
 	netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting ad_actor_system to %pM\n", mac);