diff --git a/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c b/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
index 1e51d1bc3bb..c8dea6b06a6 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mxge/if_mxge.c
@@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ mxge_intr(void *arg)
 			sc->link_state = stats->link_up;
 			if (sc->link_state) {
 				if_link_state_change(sc->ifp, LINK_STATE_UP);
-				 sc->ifp->if_baudrate = IF_Gbps(10UL);
+				if_initbaudrate(sc->ifp, IF_Gbps(10));
 				if (mxge_verbose)
 					device_printf(sc->dev, "link up\n");
 			} else {
@@ -4773,7 +4773,7 @@ mxge_attach(device_t dev)
 		goto abort_with_rings;
 	}
 
-	ifp->if_baudrate = IF_Gbps(10UL);
+	if_initbaudrate(ifp, IF_Gbps(10));
 	ifp->if_capabilities = IFCAP_RXCSUM | IFCAP_TXCSUM | IFCAP_TSO4 |
 		IFCAP_VLAN_MTU | IFCAP_LINKSTATE;
 #ifdef INET