diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifmedia.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifmedia.c
index 780a16f2fbd0..4f49bdea5a97 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifmedia.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifmedia.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ setifmediacallback(int s, void *arg)
 	static int did_it = 0;
 
 	if (!did_it) {
+		ifr.ifr_media = ifmr->ifm_current;
 		if (ioctl(s, SIOCSIFMEDIA, (caddr_t)&ifr) < 0)
 			err(1, "SIOCSIFMEDIA (media)");
 		free(ifmr->ifm_ulist);