diff --git a/contrib/bsnmp/snmp_mibII/mibII.c b/contrib/bsnmp/snmp_mibII/mibII.c
--- a/contrib/bsnmp/snmp_mibII/mibII.c
+++ b/contrib/bsnmp/snmp_mibII/mibII.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_IFDATA;
 	name[4] = ifp->sysindex;
 	name[5] = IFDATA_GENERAL;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
 	 */
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_IFDATA;
 	name[4] = ifp->sysindex;
 	name[5] = IFDATA_LINKSPECIFIC;
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@
 	}
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_IFDATA;
 	name[5] = IFDATA_GENERAL;
 	for (idx = 1; idx <= count; idx++) {
diff --git a/lib/libifconfig/libifconfig.c b/lib/libifconfig/libifconfig.c
--- a/lib/libifconfig/libifconfig.c
+++ b/lib/libifconfig/libifconfig.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_IFDATA;
 	name[4] = ifindex;
 	name[5] = IFDATA_DRIVERNAME;
diff --git a/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c b/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
--- a/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
+++ b/libexec/rpc.rstatd/rstat_proc.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
 
 	mib[0] = CTL_NET;
 	mib[1] = PF_LINK;
-	mib[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	mib[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	mib[3] = IFMIB_SYSTEM;
 	mib[4] = IFMIB_IFCOUNT;
 	len = sizeof ifcount;
diff --git a/sys/net/if_mib.h b/sys/net/if_mib.h
--- a/sys/net/if_mib.h
+++ b/sys/net/if_mib.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
  * MIB tags as the net.link level
  * All of the other values are IFT_* names defined in if_types.h.
  */
-#define	NETLINK_GENERIC	0	/* functions not specific to a type of iface */
+#define	NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB	0	/* functions not specific to a type of iface */
 
 /*
  * The reason why the IFDATA_LINKSPECIFIC stuff is not under the
diff --git a/tools/tools/ifinfo/ifinfo.c b/tools/tools/ifinfo/ifinfo.c
--- a/tools/tools/ifinfo/ifinfo.c
+++ b/tools/tools/ifinfo/ifinfo.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_SYSTEM;
 	name[4] = IFMIB_IFCOUNT;
 
diff --git a/usr.bin/systat/ifstat.c b/usr.bin/systat/ifstat.c
--- a/usr.bin/systat/ifstat.c
+++ b/usr.bin/systat/ifstat.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
 	size_t	datalen = 0;
 	static	int name[] = { CTL_NET,
 			       PF_LINK,
-			       NETLINK_GENERIC,
+			       NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB,
 			       IFMIB_SYSTEM,
 			       IFMIB_IFCOUNT };
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 	size_t	datalen = 0;
 	static	int name[] = { CTL_NET,
 			       PF_LINK,
-			       NETLINK_GENERIC,
+			       NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB,
 			       IFMIB_IFDATA,
 			       0,
 			       IFDATA_GENERAL };
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsnmpd/modules/snmp_hostres/hostres_network_tbl.c b/usr.sbin/bsnmpd/modules/snmp_hostres/hostres_network_tbl.c
--- a/usr.sbin/bsnmpd/modules/snmp_hostres/hostres_network_tbl.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsnmpd/modules/snmp_hostres/hostres_network_tbl.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 
 	name[0] = CTL_NET;
 	name[1] = PF_LINK;
-	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC;
+	name[2] = NETLINK_GENERIC_MIB;
 	name[3] = IFMIB_IFDATA;
 	name[5] = IFDATA_DRIVERNAME;