diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6.c b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6.c
@@ -2613,8 +2613,8 @@
 	COUNTER_ARRAY_ALLOC(ext->icmp6_ifstat,
 	    sizeof(struct icmp6_ifstat) / sizeof(uint64_t), M_WAITOK);
 	nd6_ifattach(ifp);
+	scope6_ifattach(ifp);
 
-	ext->scope6_id = scope6_ifattach(ifp);
 	ext->lltable = in6_lltattach(ifp);
 
 	ext->mld_ifinfo = mld_domifattach(ifp);
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_ifattach.c
@@ -917,7 +917,6 @@
 #endif
 		_in6_ifdetach(ifp, 1);
 	mld_domifdetach(ifp);
-	scope6_ifdetach(ext->scope6_id);
 	nd6_ifdetach(ifp);
 	lltable_free(ext->lltable);
 	COUNTER_ARRAY_FREE(ext->in6_ifstat,
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h b/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_var.h
@@ -506,7 +506,15 @@
 	u_int		nd_dad_failures;
 	uint8_t		nd_curhoplimit;
 
-	struct scope6_id *scope6_id;
+	struct scope6_id {
+		/*
+		 * 16 is correspondent to 4bit multicast scope field. i.e. from
+		 * node-local to global with some reserved/unassigned types.
+		 */
+#define	IPV6_ADDR_SCOPES_COUNT	16
+		uint32_t	s6id_list[IPV6_ADDR_SCOPES_COUNT];
+	} scope6_id;
+
 	struct lltable *lltable;
 	struct mld_ifsoftc *mld_ifinfo;
 };
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/scope6.c b/sys/netinet6/scope6.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/scope6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/scope6.c
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@
 VNET_DEFINE_STATIC(struct scope6_id, sid_default);
 #define	V_sid_default			VNET(sid_default)
 
-#define SID(ifp)	((ifp)->if_inet6->scope6_id)
+#define SID(ifp)	(&(ifp)->if_inet6->scope6_id)
 
 static int	scope6_get(struct ifnet *, struct scope6_id *);
 static int	scope6_set(struct ifnet *, struct scope6_id *);
+static int	scope6_get_default(struct scope6_id *);
 
 void
 scope6_init(void)
@@ -90,26 +91,18 @@
 	SCOPE6_LOCK_INIT();
 }
 
-struct scope6_id *
+void
 scope6_ifattach(struct ifnet *ifp)
 {
-	struct scope6_id *sid;
+	struct scope6_id *sid = &ifp->if_inet6->scope6_id;
 
-	sid = malloc(sizeof(*sid), M_IFADDR, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
 	/*
 	 * XXX: IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_xxx macros are not standard.
 	 * Should we rather hardcode here?
 	 */
+	bzero(sid, sizeof(*sid));
 	sid->s6id_list[IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_INTFACELOCAL] = ifp->if_index;
 	sid->s6id_list[IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL] = ifp->if_index;
-	return (sid);
-}
-
-void
-scope6_ifdetach(struct scope6_id *sid)
-{
-
-	free(sid, M_IFADDR);
 }
 
 int
@@ -280,7 +273,7 @@
 	SCOPE6_UNLOCK();
 }
 
-int
+static int
 scope6_get_default(struct scope6_id *idlist)
 {
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/scope6_var.h b/sys/netinet6/scope6_var.h
--- a/sys/netinet6/scope6_var.h
+++ b/sys/netinet6/scope6_var.h
@@ -37,21 +37,10 @@
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 #include <net/vnet.h>
 
-#define	IPV6_ADDR_SCOPES_COUNT	16
-struct scope6_id {
-	/*
-	 * 16 is correspondent to 4bit multicast scope field.
-	 * i.e. from node-local to global with some reserved/unassigned types.
-	 */
-	uint32_t s6id_list[IPV6_ADDR_SCOPES_COUNT];
-};
-
 void	scope6_init(void);
-struct scope6_id *scope6_ifattach(struct ifnet *);
-void	scope6_ifdetach(struct scope6_id *);
+void	scope6_ifattach(struct ifnet *);
 int	scope6_ioctl(u_long cmd, caddr_t data, struct ifnet *);
 void	scope6_setdefault(struct ifnet *);
-int	scope6_get_default(struct scope6_id *);
 u_int32_t scope6_addr2default(struct in6_addr *);
 int	sa6_embedscope(struct sockaddr_in6 *, int);
 int	sa6_recoverscope(struct sockaddr_in6 *);