diff --git a/sys/net/if.c b/sys/net/if.c
--- a/sys/net/if.c
+++ b/sys/net/if.c
@@ -1037,12 +1037,10 @@
 #ifdef INET
 		/* XXX: Ugly!! ad hoc just for INET */
 		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
-			struct ifaliasreq ifr;
+			struct ifreq ifr;
 
 			bzero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
-			ifr.ifra_addr = *ifa->ifa_addr;
-			if (ifa->ifa_dstaddr)
-				ifr.ifra_broadaddr = *ifa->ifa_dstaddr;
+			ifr.ifr_addr = *ifa->ifa_addr;
 			if (in_control(NULL, SIOCDIFADDR, (caddr_t)&ifr, ifp,
 			    NULL) == 0)
 				continue;
diff --git a/sys/netinet/in.c b/sys/netinet/in.c
--- a/sys/netinet/in.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@
 {
 	struct ifnet *ifp;
 	struct ifaddr *ifa, *nifa;
-	struct ifaliasreq ifr;
+	struct ifreq ifr;
 
 	IFNET_RLOCK();
 	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifp, &V_ifnet, if_link) {
@@ -1237,9 +1237,7 @@
 			 * cleanly remove addresses and everything attached.
 			 */
 			bzero(&ifr, sizeof(ifr));
-			ifr.ifra_addr = *ifa->ifa_addr;
-			if (ifa->ifa_dstaddr)
-			ifr.ifra_broadaddr = *ifa->ifa_dstaddr;
+			ifr.ifr_addr = *ifa->ifa_addr;
 			(void)in_control(NULL, SIOCDIFADDR, (caddr_t)&ifr,
 			    ifp, NULL);
 		}
diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
--- a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
@@ -1194,17 +1194,17 @@
 handle_deladdr_inet(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, struct nl_parsed_ifa *attrs,
     if_t ifp, struct nlpcb *nlp, struct nl_pstate *npt)
 {
-	struct sockaddr_in *addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)attrs->ifa_local;
+	struct sockaddr *addr = attrs->ifa_local;
 
 	if (addr == NULL)
-		addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)attrs->ifa_address;
+		addr = attrs->ifa_address;
 
 	if (addr == NULL) {
 		nlmsg_report_err_msg(npt, "empty IFA_ADDRESS/IFA_LOCAL");
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	struct ifreq req = { .ifr_addr = *(struct sockaddr *)addr };
+	struct ifreq req = { .ifr_addr = *addr };
 
 	return (in_control_ioctl(SIOCDIFADDR, &req, ifp, nlp_get_cred(nlp)));
 }