diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/carp.c b/sbin/ifconfig/carp.c
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/carp.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/carp.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 #include <err.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
+#include <libifconfig.h>
+
 #include "ifconfig.h"
 
 static const char *carp_states[] = { CARP_STATES };
@@ -71,15 +73,19 @@
 carp_status(int s)
 {
 	struct carpreq carpr[CARP_MAXVHID];
+	ifconfig_handle_t *lifh;
+	const char *name;
 	int i;
 
-	bzero(carpr, sizeof(struct carpreq) * CARP_MAXVHID);
-	carpr[0].carpr_count = CARP_MAXVHID;
-	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)&carpr;
-
-	if (ioctl(s, SIOCGVH, (caddr_t)&ifr) == -1)
+	lifh = ifconfig_open();
+	if (lifh == NULL)
 		return;
 
+	name = ifr.ifr_name;
+
+	if (ifconfig_carp_get_info(lifh, name, carpr, CARP_MAXVHID) == -1)
+		goto close;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < carpr[0].carpr_count; i++) {
 		printf("\tcarp: %s vhid %d advbase %d advskew %d",
 		    carp_states[carpr[i].carpr_state], carpr[i].carpr_vhid,
@@ -89,6 +95,8 @@
 		else
 			printf("\n");
 	}
+close:
+	ifconfig_close(lifh);
 }
 
 static void