diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_input.c b/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
index 7edead14158b..5880e1e9badd 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ ip_direct_input(struct mbuf *m)
 void
 ip_input(struct mbuf *m)
 {
+	struct rm_priotracker in_ifa_tracker;
 	struct ip *ip = NULL;
 	struct in_ifaddr *ia = NULL;
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
@@ -681,7 +682,7 @@ passin:
 	/*
 	 * Check for exact addresses in the hash bucket.
 	 */
-	/* IN_IFADDR_RLOCK(); */
+	IN_IFADDR_RLOCK(&in_ifa_tracker);
 	LIST_FOREACH(ia, INADDR_HASH(ip->ip_dst.s_addr), ia_hash) {
 		/*
 		 * If the address matches, verify that the packet
@@ -693,11 +694,11 @@ passin:
 			counter_u64_add(ia->ia_ifa.ifa_ipackets, 1);
 			counter_u64_add(ia->ia_ifa.ifa_ibytes,
 			    m->m_pkthdr.len);
-			/* IN_IFADDR_RUNLOCK(); */
+			IN_IFADDR_RUNLOCK(&in_ifa_tracker);
 			goto ours;
 		}
 	}
-	/* IN_IFADDR_RUNLOCK(); */
+	IN_IFADDR_RUNLOCK(&in_ifa_tracker);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for broadcast addresses.