diff --git a/sys/net/if_llatbl.c b/sys/net/if_llatbl.c
index a3617f50d652..b66d6e154b27 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_llatbl.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_llatbl.c
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ static	SLIST_HEAD(, lltable) lltables = SLIST_HEAD_INITIALIZER(lltables);
 extern void arprequest(struct ifnet *, struct in_addr *, struct in_addr *,
 	u_char *);
 
+struct rwlock lltable_rwlock;
+RW_SYSINIT(lltable_rwlock, &lltable_rwlock, "lltable_rwlock");
+
 /*
  * Dump arp state for a specific address family.
  */
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ lltable_sysctl_dumparp(int af, struct sysctl_req *wr)
 	struct lltable *llt;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	IFNET_RLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_RLOCK();
 	SLIST_FOREACH(llt, &lltables, llt_link) {
 		if (llt->llt_af == af) {
 			error = llt->llt_dump(llt, wr);
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ lltable_sysctl_dumparp(int af, struct sysctl_req *wr)
 		}
 	}
 done:
-	IFNET_RUNLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_RUNLOCK();
 	return (error);
 }
 
@@ -144,8 +147,6 @@ llentry_update(struct llentry **llep, struct lltable *lt,
 
 /*
  * Free all entries from given table and free itself.
- * Since lltables collects from all of the intefaces,
- * the caller of this function must acquire IFNET_WLOCK().
  */
 void
 lltable_free(struct lltable *llt)
@@ -155,9 +156,9 @@ lltable_free(struct lltable *llt)
 
 	KASSERT(llt != NULL, ("%s: llt is NULL", __func__));
 
-	IFNET_WLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_WLOCK();
 	SLIST_REMOVE(&lltables, llt, lltable, llt_link);
-	IFNET_WUNLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_WUNLOCK();
 
 	for (i=0; i < LLTBL_HASHTBL_SIZE; i++) {
 		LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(lle, &llt->lle_head[i], lle_next, next) {
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ lltable_drain(int af)
 	struct llentry	*lle;
 	register int i;
 
-	IFNET_RLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_RLOCK();
 	SLIST_FOREACH(llt, &lltables, llt_link) {
 		if (llt->llt_af != af)
 			continue;
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ lltable_drain(int af)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	IFNET_RUNLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_RUNLOCK();
 }
 
 void
@@ -200,14 +201,14 @@ lltable_prefix_free(int af, struct sockaddr *prefix, struct sockaddr *mask)
 {
 	struct lltable *llt;
 
-	IFNET_RLOCK_NOSLEEP();
+	LLTABLE_RLOCK();
 	SLIST_FOREACH(llt, &lltables, llt_link) {
 		if (llt->llt_af != af)
 			continue;
 
 		llt->llt_prefix_free(llt, prefix, mask);
 	}
-	IFNET_RUNLOCK_NOSLEEP();
+	LLTABLE_RUNLOCK();
 }
 
 
@@ -230,9 +231,9 @@ lltable_init(struct ifnet *ifp, int af)
 	for (i = 0; i < LLTBL_HASHTBL_SIZE; i++)
 		LIST_INIT(&llt->lle_head[i]);
 
-	IFNET_WLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_WLOCK();
 	SLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&lltables, llt, llt_link);
-	IFNET_WUNLOCK();
+	LLTABLE_WUNLOCK();
 
 	return (llt);
 }
@@ -300,13 +301,13 @@ lla_rt_output(struct rt_msghdr *rtm, struct rt_addrinfo *info)
 	}
 
 	/* XXX linked list may be too expensive */
-	IFNET_RLOCK_NOSLEEP();
+	LLTABLE_RLOCK();
 	SLIST_FOREACH(llt, &lltables, llt_link) {
 		if (llt->llt_af == dst->sa_family &&
 		    llt->llt_ifp == ifp)
 			break;
 	}
-	IFNET_RUNLOCK_NOSLEEP();
+	LLTABLE_RUNLOCK();
 	KASSERT(llt != NULL, ("Yep, ugly hacks are bad\n"));
 
 	if (flags && LLE_CREATE)
diff --git a/sys/net/if_llatbl.h b/sys/net/if_llatbl.h
index 4d721efc35f7..f54c78ad8a28 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_llatbl.h
+++ b/sys/net/if_llatbl.h
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ struct rt_addrinfo;
 struct llentry;
 LIST_HEAD(llentries, llentry);
 
+extern struct rwlock lltable_rwlock;
+#define	LLTABLE_RLOCK()		rw_rlock(&lltable_rwlock)
+#define	LLTABLE_RUNLOCK()	rw_runlock(&lltable_rwlock)
+#define	LLTABLE_WLOCK()		rw_wlock(&lltable_rwlock)
+#define	LLTABLE_WUNLOCK()	rw_wunlock(&lltable_rwlock)
+#define	LLTABLE_LOCK_ASSERT()	rw_assert(&lltable_rwlock, RA_LOCKED)
+
 /*
  * Code referencing llentry must at least hold
  * a shared lock
diff --git a/sys/netinet/in.c b/sys/netinet/in.c
index 8c9984c1c620..203f9e6be256 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/in.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ in_lltable_dump(struct lltable *llt, struct sysctl_req *wr)
 	} arpc;
 	int error, i;
 
-	IFNET_RLOCK_ASSERT();
+	LLTABLE_LOCK_ASSERT();
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < LLTBL_HASHTBL_SIZE; i++) {
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6.c b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
index 7d9f7e7620a0..b0b25854027f 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ in6_lltable_dump(struct lltable *llt, struct sysctl_req *wr)
 	} ndpc;
 	int i, error;
 
-	IFNET_RLOCK_ASSERT();
+	LLTABLE_LOCK_ASSERT();
 
 	error = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < LLTBL_HASHTBL_SIZE; i++) {