Why "#cat /proc/net/bonding/bond*" shows "Link count failure =1" as even after reboot why this flag not got cleared ?

Issue

• Why "cat /proc/net/bonding/bond*" still showing "Link count failure =1"
• As even after reboot this flag not got cleared and log messages does not show any error message corresponding to it ?

#cat proc/net/bonding/bond1

Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.4.0-1 (October 7, 2008)

Bonding Mode: fault-tolerance (active-backup)
Primary Slave: None
Currently Active Slave: eth2
MII Status: up
MII Polling Interval (ms): 100
Up Delay (ms): 0
Down Delay (ms): 0

Slave Interface: eth2
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 0
Permanent HW addr: 00:17:a4:77:c8:04

Slave Interface: eth5
MII Status: up
Speed: 1000 Mbps
Duplex: full
Link Failure Count: 1
Permanent HW addr: 00:17:a4:77:c8:08