diff --git a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
index 19da6aea5f3..81db54ab12d 100644
--- a/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/route/iface.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ handle_deladdr_inet(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, struct nl_parsed_ifa *attrs,
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	struct in_aliasreq req = { .ifra_addr = *addr };
+	struct ifreq req = { .ifr_addr = *(struct sockaddr *)addr };
 
 	return (in_control_ioctl(SIOCDIFADDR, &req, ifp, nlp_get_cred(nlp)));
 }
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ handle_deladdr_inet6(struct nlmsghdr *hdr, struct nl_parsed_ifa *attrs,
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	struct in6_aliasreq req = { .ifra_addr = *addr };
+	struct in6_ifreq req = { .ifr_addr = *addr };
 
 	return (in6_control_ioctl(SIOCDIFADDR_IN6, &req, ifp, nlp_get_cred(nlp)));
 }