Index: sys/netinet/if_ether.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/if_ether.c
+++ sys/netinet/if_ether.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@
        if ((la->la_flags & LLE_VALID) &&
            ((la->la_flags & LLE_STATIC) || la->la_expire > time_uptime)) {
                bcopy(&la->ll_addr, desten, ifp->if_addrlen);
+               renew = 0;
                /*
                 * If entry has an expiry time and it is approaching,
                 * see if we need to send an ARP request within this
@@ -371,14 +372,22 @@
                 */
                if (!(la->la_flags & LLE_STATIC) &&
                    time_uptime + la->la_preempt > la->la_expire) {
-                       arprequest(ifp, NULL, &SIN(dst)->sin_addr, NULL);
+                       renew = 1;
                        la->la_preempt--;
                }
 
                if (pflags != NULL)
                        *pflags = la->la_flags;
-               error = 0;
-               goto done;
+
+               if (flags & LLE_EXCLUSIVE)
+                       LLE_WUNLOCK(la);
+               else
+                       LLE_RUNLOCK(la);
+
+               if (renew == 1)
+                       arprequest(ifp, NULL, &SIN(dst)->sin_addr, NULL);
+
+               return (0);
        }
 
        if (la->la_flags & LLE_STATIC) {   /* should not happen! */