diff --git a/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c b/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c
index 9d999701e91e..a96f67270cff 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c
@@ -4818,6 +4818,7 @@ out:
 void
 sppp_get_ip_addrs(struct sppp *sp, u_long *src, u_long *dst, u_long *srcmask)
 {
+	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	struct ifnet *ifp = SP2IFP(sp);
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
 	struct sockaddr_in *si, *sm;
@@ -4830,7 +4831,7 @@ sppp_get_ip_addrs(struct sppp *sp, u_long *src, u_long *dst, u_long *srcmask)
 	 * aliases don't make any sense on a p2p link anyway.
 	 */
 	si = NULL;
-	if_addr_rlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
 	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifa, &ifp->if_addrhead, ifa_link)
 		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
 			si = (struct sockaddr_in *)ifa->ifa_addr;
@@ -4849,7 +4850,7 @@ sppp_get_ip_addrs(struct sppp *sp, u_long *src, u_long *dst, u_long *srcmask)
 		if (si && si->sin_addr.s_addr)
 			ddst = si->sin_addr.s_addr;
 	}
-	if_addr_runlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 
 	if (dst) *dst = ntohl(ddst);
 	if (src) *src = ntohl(ssrc);
@@ -4863,6 +4864,7 @@ static void
 sppp_set_ip_addr(struct sppp *sp, u_long src)
 {
 	STDDCL;
+	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
 	struct sockaddr_in *si;
 	struct in_ifaddr *ia;
@@ -4872,7 +4874,7 @@ sppp_set_ip_addr(struct sppp *sp, u_long src)
 	 * aliases don't make any sense on a p2p link anyway.
 	 */
 	si = NULL;
-	if_addr_rlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
 	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifa, &ifp->if_addrhead, ifa_link) {
 		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
 			si = (struct sockaddr_in *)ifa->ifa_addr;
@@ -4882,7 +4884,7 @@ sppp_set_ip_addr(struct sppp *sp, u_long src)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if_addr_runlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 
 	if (ifa != NULL) {
 		int error;
@@ -4921,6 +4923,7 @@ static void
 sppp_get_ip6_addrs(struct sppp *sp, struct in6_addr *src, struct in6_addr *dst,
 		   struct in6_addr *srcmask)
 {
+	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	struct ifnet *ifp = SP2IFP(sp);
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *si, *sm;
@@ -4934,7 +4937,7 @@ sppp_get_ip6_addrs(struct sppp *sp, struct in6_addr *src, struct in6_addr *dst,
 	 * aliases don't make any sense on a p2p link anyway.
 	 */
 	si = NULL;
-	if_addr_rlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
 	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifa, &ifp->if_addrhead, ifa_link)
 		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
 			si = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)ifa->ifa_addr;
@@ -4960,7 +4963,7 @@ sppp_get_ip6_addrs(struct sppp *sp, struct in6_addr *src, struct in6_addr *dst,
 		bcopy(&ddst, dst, sizeof(*dst));
 	if (src)
 		bcopy(&ssrc, src, sizeof(*src));
-	if_addr_runlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 }
 
 #ifdef IPV6CP_MYIFID_DYN
@@ -4980,6 +4983,7 @@ static void
 sppp_set_ip6_addr(struct sppp *sp, const struct in6_addr *src)
 {
 	STDDCL;
+	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	struct ifaddr *ifa;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6;
 
@@ -4989,7 +4993,7 @@ sppp_set_ip6_addr(struct sppp *sp, const struct in6_addr *src)
 	 */
 
 	sin6 = NULL;
-	if_addr_rlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
 	CK_STAILQ_FOREACH(ifa, &ifp->if_addrhead, ifa_link) {
 		if (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_INET6) {
 			sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)ifa->ifa_addr;
@@ -4999,7 +5003,7 @@ sppp_set_ip6_addr(struct sppp *sp, const struct in6_addr *src)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if_addr_runlock(ifp);
+	NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 
 	if (ifa != NULL) {
 		int error;