diff --git a/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c b/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
--- a/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
+++ b/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
 SYSCTL_STRUCT(_net_pfsync, OID_AUTO, stats, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW,
     &VNET_NAME(pfsyncstats), pfsyncstats,
     "PFSYNC statistics (struct pfsyncstats, net/if_pfsync.h)");
-SYSCTL_INT(_net_pfsync, OID_AUTO, carp_demotion_factor, CTLFLAG_RW,
+SYSCTL_INT(_net_pfsync, OID_AUTO, carp_demotion_factor, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW,
     &VNET_NAME(pfsync_carp_adj), 0, "pfsync's CARP demotion factor adjustment");
 SYSCTL_ULONG(_net_pfsync, OID_AUTO, pfsync_buckets, CTLFLAG_RDTUN,
     &pfsync_buckets, 0, "Number of pfsync hash buckets");