diff --git a/0001-install_bonding_driver-drop-check-for-existing-devic.patch b/0001-install_bonding_driver-drop-check-for-existing-devic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e20de07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-install_bonding_driver-drop-check-for-existing-devic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 7648a78fc9f973b111776ff8ddb32f5108f6a985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lukas Nykryn <lnykryn@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 15:33:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] install_bonding_driver: drop check for existing device
+ (#991335)
+
+Install_bonding_driver is now doing more that loading kernel driver,
+so that check is not correct.
+---
+ sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions b/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
+index 1cb26d1..c699fc0 100644
+--- a/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
++++ b/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions
+@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ is_wireless_device ()
+ 
+ install_bonding_driver ()
+ {
+-   [ -d "/sys/class/net/$1" ] && return 0
+    [ ! -f /sys/class/net/bonding_masters ] && ( modprobe bonding || return 1 )
+    if ! grep -sq "$1" /sys/class/net/bonding_masters; then
+        echo "+$1" > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters 2>/dev/null
+-- 
+1.8.3.1
+
diff --git a/initscripts.spec b/initscripts.spec
index 2fbd1ca..e49ded8 100644
--- a/initscripts.spec
+++ b/initscripts.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Version: 9.47
 # ppp-watch is GPLv2+, everything else is GPLv2
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 URL: http://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/n/initscripts/
 Source: http://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/n/initscripts/initscripts-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel popt-devel gettext pkgconfig
 Provides: /sbin/service
 
+Patch1: 0001-install_bonding_driver-drop-check-for-existing-devic.patch
+
 %description
 The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot
 your Red Hat or Fedora system, change runlevels, and shut the system down
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ Currently, this consists of various memory checking code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 make
@@ -217,6 +220,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/profile.d/debug*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 07 2014 Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn@redhat.com> - 9.47-2
+- install_bonding_driver: drop check for existing device (#1082257)
+
 * Fri May 31 2013 Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn@redhat.com> - 9.47-1
 - network-functions: to determine state of nscd check socket not lock (#960779)
 - sysconfig.txt advised saslauthd -a instad of -v