diff --git a/sys/net/if.c b/sys/net/if.c
index 7c7a5daf6aed..41f4e0151565 100644
--- a/sys/net/if.c
+++ b/sys/net/if.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.480 2020/09/26 11:57:05 roy Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.481 2020/09/26 18:35:12 roy Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.480 2020/09/26 11:57:05 roy Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: if.c,v 1.481 2020/09/26 18:35:12 roy Exp $");
 
 #if defined(_KERNEL_OPT)
 #include "opt_inet.h"
@@ -1212,6 +1212,8 @@ if_deactivate(struct ifnet *ifp)
 	ifp->if_slowtimo = if_nullslowtimo;
 	ifp->if_drain	 = if_nulldrain;
 
+	ifp->if_link_state_changed = NULL;
+
 	/* No more packets may be enqueued. */
 	ifp->if_snd.ifq_maxlen = 0;
 
@@ -2415,6 +2417,9 @@ if_link_state_change_process(struct ifnet *ifp, int link_state)
 		carp_carpdev_state(ifp);
 #endif
 
+	if (ifp->if_link_state_changed != NULL)
+		ifp->if_link_state_changed(ifp, link_state);
+
 	DOMAIN_FOREACH(dp) {
 		if (dp->dom_if_link_state_change != NULL)
 			dp->dom_if_link_state_change(ifp, link_state);
diff --git a/sys/net/if.h b/sys/net/if.h
index 02ed595612d9..11748ef5894c 100644
--- a/sys/net/if.h
+++ b/sys/net/if.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: if.h,v 1.286 2020/09/26 11:57:05 roy Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: if.h,v 1.287 2020/09/26 18:35:12 roy Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1999, 2000, 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ typedef struct ifnet {
 	uint16_t	if_link_queue;	/* q: masked link state change queue */
 					/* q: is link state work scheduled? */
 	bool		if_link_scheduled;
+	void		(*if_link_state_changed)(struct ifnet *, int);
 	struct pslist_entry
 			if_pslist_entry;/* i: */
 	struct psref_target