diff --git a/sys/netinet/in.c b/sys/netinet/in.c
index 6eae4e5f977c..e1ecf5b118f2 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/in.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in.c
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ in_ifinit(struct ifnet *ifp, struct in_ifaddr *ia, struct sockaddr_in *sin,
 {
 	register u_long i = ntohl(sin->sin_addr.s_addr);
 	struct sockaddr_in oldaddr;
-	int s = splimp(), flags = RTF_UP, error = 0;
+	int flags = RTF_UP, error = 0;
 
 	oldaddr = ia->ia_addr;
 	if (oldaddr.sin_family == AF_INET)
@@ -865,7 +865,6 @@ in_ifinit(struct ifnet *ifp, struct in_ifaddr *ia, struct sockaddr_in *sin,
 	if (ifp->if_ioctl != NULL) {
 		error = (*ifp->if_ioctl)(ifp, SIOCSIFADDR, (caddr_t)ia);
 		if (error) {
-			splx(s);
 			/* LIST_REMOVE(ia, ia_hash) is done in in_control */
 			ia->ia_addr = oldaddr;
 			IN_IFADDR_WLOCK();
@@ -884,7 +883,6 @@ in_ifinit(struct ifnet *ifp, struct in_ifaddr *ia, struct sockaddr_in *sin,
 			return (error);
 		}
 	}
-	splx(s);
 	if (scrub) {
 		ia->ia_ifa.ifa_addr = (struct sockaddr *)&oldaddr;
 		in_ifscrub(ifp, ia, LLE_STATIC);