diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifpfsync.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifpfsync.c
index 6df38c1ac99..60e3d4360aa 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifpfsync.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifpfsync.c
@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ pfsync_status(int s)
 	if (preq.pfsyncr_syncdev[0] != '\0' ||
 	    preq.pfsyncr_syncpeer.s_addr != htonl(INADDR_PFSYNC_GROUP)) {
 		printf("maxupd: %d ", preq.pfsyncr_maxupdates);
-		printf("defer: %s\n", preq.pfsyncr_defer ? "on" : "off");
+		printf("defer: %s\n",
+		    (preq.pfsyncr_defer & PFSYNCF_DEFER) ? "on" : "off");
+		printf("\tsyncok: %d\n",
+		    (preq.pfsyncr_defer & PFSYNCF_OK) ? 1 : 0);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/net/if_pfsync.h b/sys/net/if_pfsync.h
index ccd26c9ac0d..1bf9934d342 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_pfsync.h
+++ b/sys/net/if_pfsync.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ struct pfsyncreq {
 	char		 pfsyncr_syncdev[IFNAMSIZ];
 	struct in_addr	 pfsyncr_syncpeer;
 	int		 pfsyncr_maxupdates;
+#define	PFSYNCF_OK		0x00000001
+#define	PFSYNCF_DEFER		0x00000002
 	int		 pfsyncr_defer;
 };
 
diff --git a/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c b/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
index 06bad556e88..96813fd11dc 100644
--- a/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
+++ b/sys/netpfil/pf/if_pfsync.c
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ struct pfsync_softc {
 	struct ip_moptions	sc_imo;
 	struct in_addr		sc_sync_peer;
 	uint32_t		sc_flags;
-#define	PFSYNCF_OK		0x00000001
-#define	PFSYNCF_DEFER		0x00000002
 	uint8_t			sc_maxupdates;
 	struct ip		sc_template;
 	struct mtx		sc_mtx;
@@ -1375,8 +1373,7 @@ pfsyncioctl(struct ifnet *ifp, u_long cmd, caddr_t data)
 		}
 		pfsyncr.pfsyncr_syncpeer = sc->sc_sync_peer;
 		pfsyncr.pfsyncr_maxupdates = sc->sc_maxupdates;
-		pfsyncr.pfsyncr_defer = (PFSYNCF_DEFER ==
-		    (sc->sc_flags & PFSYNCF_DEFER));
+		pfsyncr.pfsyncr_defer = sc->sc_flags;
 		PFSYNC_UNLOCK(sc);
 		return (copyout(&pfsyncr, ifr_data_get_ptr(ifr),
 		    sizeof(pfsyncr)));