diff --git a/addons/bond.py b/addons/bond.py
index 646b32d..882f543 100644
--- a/addons/bond.py
+++ b/addons/bond.py
@@ -168,10 +168,12 @@ class bond(moduleBase):
             if attrname == 'bond-mode' and attrval == '802.3ad':
                dattrname = 'bond-min-links'
                min_links = ifaceobj.get_attr_value_first(dattrname)
-               if not min_links or min_links == '0':
-                   self.logger.warn('%s: required attribute %s'
+               if not min_links:
+                   min_links = self.bondcmd.get_min_links(ifaceobj.name)
+               if min_links == '0':
+                   self.logger.warn('%s: attribute %s'
                         %(ifaceobj.name, dattrname) +
-                        ' not present or set to \'0\'')
+                        ' is set to \'0\'')
         elif policy_default_val:
             return policy_default_val
         return attrval
diff --git a/ifupdownaddons/bondutil.py b/ifupdownaddons/bondutil.py
index 32250e7..027f468 100644
--- a/ifupdownaddons/bondutil.py
+++ b/ifupdownaddons/bondutil.py
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ class bondutil(utilsBase):
         [self._bond_linkinfo_fill_attrs(b) for b in bondstr.split()]
 
     def _bond_linkinfo_fill(self, bondname, refresh=False):
-        try:
-            linkCache.get_attr([bondname, 'linkinfo', 'slaves'])
-            return
-        except:
-            pass
+        if not refresh:
+            try:
+                linkCache.get_attr([bondname, 'linkinfo', 'slaves'])
+                return
+            except:
+                pass
         bondstr = self.read_file_oneline('/sys/class/net/bonding_masters')
         if (not bondstr or bondname not in bondstr.split()):
             raise Exception('bond %s not found' %bondname)
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ class bondutil(utilsBase):
             try:
                 if ((attrname not in ['lacp_rate',
                                       'lacp_bypass']) or
-                    ('mode', '802.3ad') in attrdict.items()):
+                    self._cache_check([bondname, 'linkinfo', 'mode'], '802.3ad',
+                                      True)):
                     self.write_file('/sys/class/net/%s/bonding/%s'
                                     %(bondname, attrname), attrval)
             except Exception, e: