diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c b/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_icmp.c
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@
 	&VNET_NAME(log_redirect), 0,
 	"Log ICMP redirects to the console");
 
-VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, redirtimeout) = 60 * 10; /* 10 minutes */
+VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(int, redirtimeout) = ICMP_REDIRECT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT; 
 #define	V_redirtimeout			VNET(redirtimeout)
 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_icmp, OID_AUTO, redirtimeout, CTLFLAG_VNET | CTLFLAG_RW,
 	&VNET_NAME(redirtimeout), 0,
-	"Delay in seconds before expiring redirect route");
+	"Delay in seconds before expiring ICMP redirect route");
 
 VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(char, reply_src[IFNAMSIZ]);
 #define	V_reply_src			VNET(reply_src)