Index: sys/net/if_llatbl.h
===================================================================
--- sys/net/if_llatbl.h
+++ sys/net/if_llatbl.h
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
 #define	LLE_REQ_LOCK(lle)	mtx_lock(&(lle)->req_mtx)
 #define	LLE_REQ_UNLOCK(lle)	mtx_unlock(&(lle)->req_mtx)
 
+#define	LLE_TIMER_INIT(lle)	callout_init_rw(&(lle)->lle_timer, \
+	&(lle)->lle_lock, CALLOUT_RETURNUNLOCKED)
+
 #define LLE_IS_VALID(lle)	(((lle) != NULL) && ((lle) != (void *)-1))
 
 #define	LLE_ADDREF(lle) do {					\
@@ -216,6 +219,9 @@
 #endif
 int		lltable_sysctl_dumparp(int, struct sysctl_req *);
 
+void		llentry_timer_start(struct llentry *, int, void (*)(void *));
+void		llentry_timer_stop(struct llentry *);
+void		llentry_timer_uninit(struct llentry *);
 size_t		llentry_free(struct llentry *);
 struct llentry  *llentry_alloc(struct ifnet *, struct lltable *,
 		    struct sockaddr_storage *);
Index: sys/net/if_llatbl.c
===================================================================
--- sys/net/if_llatbl.c
+++ sys/net/if_llatbl.c
@@ -415,6 +415,43 @@
 	return (0);
 }
 
+void
+llentry_timer_start(struct llentry *lle, int timeout, void (*func)(void *))
+{
+
+	if (callout_reset(&lle->lle_timer, timeout, func, lle) <= 0)
+		LLE_ADDREF(lle);
+}
+
+void
+llentry_timer_stop(struct llentry *lle)
+{
+
+	if (callout_stop(&lle->lle_timer) > 0)
+		LLE_REMREF(lle);
+}
+
+static void
+llentry_timer_drain_callback(void *arg)
+{
+	struct llentry *lle = arg;
+
+	LLE_FREE(lle);
+}
+
+void
+llentry_timer_uninit(struct llentry *lle)
+{
+	int cancelled;
+
+	cancelled = callout_async_drain(&lle->lle_timer,
+	    &llentry_timer_drain_callback);
+	if (cancelled > 0)
+		LLE_REMREF(lle);	/* was stopped */
+	else if (cancelled == 0)
+		LLE_ADDREF(lle);	/* needs drain */
+}
+
 /*
  * Free all entries from given table and free itself.
  */
@@ -436,8 +473,7 @@
 	IF_AFDATA_WUNLOCK(llt->llt_ifp);
 
 	LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(lle, &dchain, lle_chain, next) {
-		if (callout_stop(&lle->lle_timer) > 0)
-			LLE_REMREF(lle);
+		llentry_timer_uninit(lle);
 		llentry_free(lle);
 	}
 
Index: sys/netinet/if_ether.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/if_ether.c
+++ sys/netinet/if_ether.c
@@ -175,28 +175,10 @@
 	int r_skip_req;
 
 	if (lle->la_flags & LLE_STATIC) {
+		LLE_WUNLOCK(lle);
 		return;
 	}
-	LLE_WLOCK(lle);
-	if (callout_pending(&lle->lle_timer)) {
-		/*
-		 * Here we are a bit odd here in the treatment of 
-		 * active/pending. If the pending bit is set, it got
-		 * rescheduled before I ran. The active
-		 * bit we ignore, since if it was stopped
-		 * in ll_tablefree() and was currently running
-		 * it would have return 0 so the code would
-		 * not have deleted it since the callout could
-		 * not be stopped so we want to go through
-		 * with the delete here now. If the callout
-		 * was restarted, the pending bit will be back on and
-		 * we just want to bail since the callout_reset would
-		 * return 1 and our reference would have been removed
-		 * by arpresolve() below.
-		 */
-		LLE_WUNLOCK(lle);
- 		return;
- 	}
+
 	ifp = lle->lle_tbl->llt_ifp;
 	CURVNET_SET(ifp->if_vnet);
 
@@ -259,7 +241,7 @@
 		EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(lle_event, lle, evt);
 	}
 
-	callout_stop(&lle->lle_timer);
+	llentry_timer_stop(lle);
 
 	/* XXX: LOR avoidance. We still have ref on lle. */
 	LLE_WUNLOCK(lle);
@@ -268,6 +250,7 @@
 
 	/* Guard against race with other llentry_free(). */
 	if (lle->la_flags & LLE_LINKED) {
+		/* Remove our reference */
 		LLE_REMREF(lle);
 		lltable_unlink_entry(lle->lle_tbl, lle);
 	}
@@ -465,14 +448,8 @@
 		error = is_gw != 0 ? EHOSTUNREACH : EHOSTDOWN;
 
 	if (renew) {
-		int canceled;
-
-		LLE_ADDREF(la);
 		la->la_expire = time_uptime;
-		canceled = callout_reset(&la->lle_timer, hz * V_arpt_down,
-		    arptimer, la);
-		if (canceled)
-			LLE_REMREF(la);
+		llentry_timer_start(la, hz * V_arpt_down, arptimer);
 		la->la_asked++;
 		LLE_WUNLOCK(la);
 		arprequest(ifp, NULL, &SIN(dst)->sin_addr, NULL);
@@ -1109,7 +1086,7 @@
 static void
 arp_mark_lle_reachable(struct llentry *la)
 {
-	int canceled, wtime;
+	int wtime;
 
 	LLE_WLOCK_ASSERT(la);
 
@@ -1117,15 +1094,11 @@
 	EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(lle_event, la, LLENTRY_RESOLVED);
 
 	if (!(la->la_flags & LLE_STATIC)) {
-		LLE_ADDREF(la);
 		la->la_expire = time_uptime + V_arpt_keep;
 		wtime = V_arpt_keep - V_arp_maxtries * V_arpt_rexmit;
 		if (wtime < 0)
 			wtime = V_arpt_keep;
-		canceled = callout_reset(&la->lle_timer,
-		    hz * wtime, arptimer, la);
-		if (canceled)
-			LLE_REMREF(la);
+		llentry_timer_start(la, hz * wtime, arptimer);
 	}
 	la->la_asked = 0;
 	la->la_preempt = V_arp_maxtries;
Index: sys/netinet/in.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet/in.c
+++ sys/netinet/in.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 	lle->base.lle_free = in_lltable_destroy_lle;
 	LLE_LOCK_INIT(&lle->base);
 	LLE_REQ_INIT(&lle->base);
-	callout_init(&lle->base.lle_timer, 1);
+	LLE_TIMER_INIT(&lle->base);
 
 	return (&lle->base);
 }
@@ -1094,9 +1094,8 @@
 		lltable_unlink_entry(llt, lle);
 	}
 
-	/* cancel timer */
-	if (callout_stop(&lle->lle_timer) > 0)
-		LLE_REMREF(lle);
+	/* Cancel timer */
+	llentry_timer_uninit(lle);
 
 	/* Drop hold queue */
 	pkts_dropped = llentry_free(lle);
@@ -1231,6 +1230,8 @@
 #ifdef DIAGNOSTIC
 	log(LOG_INFO, "ifaddr cache = %p is deleted\n", lle);
 #endif
+	/* Cancel timer */
+	llentry_timer_uninit(lle);
 	llentry_free(lle);
 }
 
Index: sys/netinet6/in6.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet6/in6.c
+++ sys/netinet6/in6.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@
 	lle->base.lle_free = in6_lltable_destroy_lle;
 	LLE_LOCK_INIT(&lle->base);
 	LLE_REQ_INIT(&lle->base);
-	callout_init(&lle->base.lle_timer, 1);
+	LLE_TIMER_INIT(&lle->base);
 
 	return (&lle->base);
 }
@@ -2136,9 +2136,8 @@
 		lltable_unlink_entry(llt, lle);
 	}
 
-	if (callout_stop(&lle->lle_timer) > 0)
-		LLE_REMREF(lle);
-
+	/* Cancel timer */
+	llentry_timer_uninit(lle);
 	llentry_free(lle);
 }
 
@@ -2234,6 +2233,8 @@
 #ifdef DIAGNOSTIC
 	log(LOG_INFO, "ifaddr cache = %p is deleted\n", lle);
 #endif
+	/* Cancel timer */
+	llentry_timer_uninit(lle);
 	llentry_free(lle);
 }
 
Index: sys/netinet6/nd6.c
===================================================================
--- sys/netinet6/nd6.c
+++ sys/netinet6/nd6.c
@@ -489,29 +489,22 @@
 static void
 nd6_llinfo_settimer_locked(struct llentry *ln, long tick)
 {
-	int canceled;
-
 	LLE_WLOCK_ASSERT(ln);
 
 	if (tick < 0) {
 		ln->la_expire = 0;
 		ln->ln_ntick = 0;
-		canceled = callout_stop(&ln->lle_timer);
+		llentry_timer_stop(ln);
 	} else {
 		ln->la_expire = time_uptime + tick / hz;
-		LLE_ADDREF(ln);
 		if (tick > INT_MAX) {
 			ln->ln_ntick = tick - INT_MAX;
-			canceled = callout_reset(&ln->lle_timer, INT_MAX,
-			    nd6_llinfo_timer, ln);
+			llentry_timer_start(ln, INT_MAX, nd6_llinfo_timer);
 		} else {
 			ln->ln_ntick = 0;
-			canceled = callout_reset(&ln->lle_timer, tick,
-			    nd6_llinfo_timer, ln);
+			llentry_timer_start(ln, tick, nd6_llinfo_timer);
 		}
 	}
-	if (canceled > 0)
-		LLE_REMREF(ln);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -715,28 +708,9 @@
 
 	KASSERT(arg != NULL, ("%s: arg NULL", __func__));
 	ln = (struct llentry *)arg;
-	LLE_WLOCK(ln);
-	if (callout_pending(&ln->lle_timer)) {
-		/*
-		 * Here we are a bit odd here in the treatment of 
-		 * active/pending. If the pending bit is set, it got
-		 * rescheduled before I ran. The active
-		 * bit we ignore, since if it was stopped
-		 * in ll_tablefree() and was currently running
-		 * it would have return 0 so the code would
-		 * not have deleted it since the callout could
-		 * not be stopped so we want to go through
-		 * with the delete here now. If the callout
-		 * was restarted, the pending bit will be back on and
-		 * we just want to bail since the callout_reset would
-		 * return 1 and our reference would have been removed
-		 * by nd6_llinfo_settimer_locked above since canceled
-		 * would have been 1.
-		 */
-		LLE_WUNLOCK(ln);
-		return;
-	}
+	LLE_WLOCK_ASSERT(ln);
 	ifp = ln->lle_tbl->llt_ifp;
+
 	CURVNET_SET(ifp->if_vnet);
 	ndi = ND_IFINFO(ifp);
 	send_ns = 0;
@@ -1364,6 +1338,7 @@
 				nd6_llinfo_settimer_locked(ln,
 				    (long)V_nd6_gctimer * hz);
 
+			/* Drop reference so that timeout frees "ln" */
 			LLE_REMREF(ln);
 			LLE_WUNLOCK(ln);
 			return;
@@ -1439,12 +1414,14 @@
 	LLE_WLOCK(ln);
 	/* Guard against race with other llentry_free(). */
 	if (ln->la_flags & LLE_LINKED) {
-		/* Remove callout reference */
+		/* Remove our reference */
 		LLE_REMREF(ln);
 		lltable_unlink_entry(ln->lle_tbl, ln);
 	}
 	IF_AFDATA_UNLOCK(ifp);
 
+	/* Cancel timer */
+	llentry_timer_uninit(ln);
 	llentry_free(ln);
 }