diff --git a/sys/net/if.c b/sys/net/if.c
--- a/sys/net/if.c
+++ b/sys/net/if.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@
 int	(*vlan_pcp_p)(struct ifnet *, uint16_t *);
 int	(*vlan_setcookie_p)(struct ifnet *, void *);
 void	*(*vlan_cookie_p)(struct ifnet *);
+void	(*vlan_input_p)(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
 
 /*
  * Handle a change in the interface link state. To avoid LORs
diff --git a/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c b/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
--- a/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@
 void	(*ng_ether_attach_p)(struct ifnet *ifp);
 void	(*ng_ether_detach_p)(struct ifnet *ifp);
 
-void	(*vlan_input_p)(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
-
 /* if_bridge(4) support */
 void	(*bridge_dn_p)(struct mbuf *, struct ifnet *);
 bool	(*bridge_same_p)(const void *, const void *);
diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
--- a/sys/net/if_vlan.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
@@ -888,15 +888,6 @@
 	return (ifp);
 }
 
-/*
- * VLAN support can be loaded as a module.  The only place in the
- * system that's intimately aware of this is ether_input.  We hook
- * into this code through vlan_input_p which is defined there and
- * set here.  No one else in the system should be aware of this so
- * we use an explicit reference here.
- */
-extern	void (*vlan_input_p)(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
-
 /* For if_link_state_change() eyes only... */
 extern	void (*vlan_link_state_p)(struct ifnet *);
 
diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan_var.h b/sys/net/if_vlan_var.h
--- a/sys/net/if_vlan_var.h
+++ b/sys/net/if_vlan_var.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 extern	int (*vlan_pcp_p)(struct ifnet *, uint16_t *);
 extern	int (*vlan_setcookie_p)(struct ifnet *, void *);
 extern	void *(*vlan_cookie_p)(struct ifnet *);
+extern	void (*vlan_input_p)(struct ifnet *, struct mbuf *);
 
 #include <sys/_eventhandler.h>