diff --git a/nixos/tests/networking.nix b/nixos/tests/networking.nix
index 2510937b5dc..2d68bc859df 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/networking.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/networking.nix
@@ -246,13 +246,13 @@ let
         networking = {
           useNetworkd = networkd;
           useDHCP = false;
-          bonds.bond = {
+          bonds.bond0 = {
             interfaces = [ "eth1" "eth2" ];
-            driverOptions.mode = "balance-rr";
+            driverOptions.mode = "802.3ad";
           };
           interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ ];
           interfaces.eth2.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0 [ ];
-          interfaces.bond.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0
+          interfaces.bond0.ipv4.addresses = mkOverride 0
             [ { inherit address; prefixLength = 30; } ];
         };
       };
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ let
 
               client2.wait_until_succeeds("ping -c 2 192.168.1.1")
               client2.wait_until_succeeds("ping -c 2 192.168.1.2")
+
+          with subtest("Verify bonding mode"):
+              for client in client1, client2:
+                  client.succeed('grep -q "Bonding Mode: IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation" /proc/net/bonding/bond0')
         '';
     };
     bridge = let