diff --git a/lnst/Recipes/ENRT/VlansOverBondRecipe.py b/lnst/Recipes/ENRT/VlansOverBondRecipe.py
index c4a4ac49..c0242a76 100644
--- a/lnst/Recipes/ENRT/VlansOverBondRecipe.py
+++ b/lnst/Recipes/ENRT/VlansOverBondRecipe.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from lnst.Common.Parameters import (
     Param,
     IntParam,
-    StrParam,
     IPv4NetworkParam,
     IPv6NetworkParam,
 )
@@ -18,14 +17,14 @@
     CommonHWSubConfigMixin)
 from lnst.Recipes.ENRT.ConfigMixins.PerfReversibleFlowMixin import (
     PerfReversibleFlowMixin)
+from lnst.Recipes.ENRT.BondingMixin import BondingMixin
 from lnst.Devices import VlanDevice
 from lnst.Devices.VlanDevice import VlanDevice as Vlan
-from lnst.Devices import BondDevice
 from lnst.Devices import RemoteDevice
 from lnst.Recipes.ENRT.PingMixins import VlanPingEvaluatorMixin
 from lnst.RecipeCommon.Ping.PingEndpoints import PingEndpoints
 
-class VlansOverBondRecipe(PerfReversibleFlowMixin, VlanPingEvaluatorMixin,
+class VlansOverBondRecipe(BondingMixin, PerfReversibleFlowMixin, VlanPingEvaluatorMixin,
     CommonHWSubConfigMixin, OffloadSubConfigMixin,
     BaremetalEnrtRecipe):
     r"""
@@ -51,16 +50,9 @@ class VlansOverBondRecipe(PerfReversibleFlowMixin, VlanPingEvaluatorMixin,
         |          host1         |   |        host2        |
         '------------------------'   '---------------------'
 
-    The recipe provides additional recipe parameters to configure the bonding
+    Refer to :any:`BondingMixin` for parameters to configure the bonding
     device.
 
-    :param bonding_mode:
-        (mandatory test parameter) the bonding mode to be configured on
-        the bond0 device
-    :param miimon_value:
-        (mandatory test parameter) the miimon interval to be configured
-        on the bond0 device
-
     All sub configurations are included via Mixin classes.
 
     The actual test machinery is implemented in the :any:`BaseEnrtRecipe` class.
@@ -91,9 +83,6 @@ class VlansOverBondRecipe(PerfReversibleFlowMixin, VlanPingEvaluatorMixin,
     vlan2_ipv4 = IPv4NetworkParam(default="192.168.30.0/24")
     vlan2_ipv6 = IPv6NetworkParam(default="fc00:0:0:3::/64")
 
-    bonding_mode = StrParam(mandatory=True)
-    miimon_value = IntParam(mandatory=True)
-
     def test_wide_configuration(self):
         """
         Test wide configuration for this recipe involves creating one bonding
@@ -118,11 +107,14 @@ def test_wide_configuration(self):
         host1, host2 = self.matched.host1, self.matched.host2
         config = super().test_wide_configuration()
 
-        host1.bond0 = BondDevice(mode=self.params.bonding_mode,
-            miimon=self.params.miimon_value)
-        for dev in [host1.eth0, host1.eth1]:
-            dev.down()
-            host1.bond0.slave_add(dev)
+        self.create_bond_devices(
+            {
+                "host1":
+                {
+                    "bond0": [host1.eth0, host1.eth1]
+                }
+            }
+        )
 
         host1.vlan0 = VlanDevice(realdev=host1.bond0, vlan_id=self.params.vlan0_id)
         host1.vlan1 = VlanDevice(realdev=host1.bond0, vlan_id=self.params.vlan1_id)
@@ -201,6 +193,12 @@ def generate_test_wide_description(self, config: EnrtConfiguration):
                 host1.bond0.miimon
             )
         ]
+
+        if self.params.bonding_mode in ["active-backup", "1"]:
+            desc += ["Configured {}.{}.fail_over_mac = {}".format(
+                host1.hostid, host1.bond0.name,
+                host1.bond0.fail_over_mac
+            )]
         return desc
 
     def generate_ping_endpoints(self, config):