diff --git a/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip_if.c b/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip_if.c
index 62d85b2..5a3da77 100644
--- a/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip_if.c
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/inet/ip/ip_if.c
@@ -15686,7 +15686,6 @@ ipif_create_bcast_ires(ipif_t *ipif, ire_t **irep)
 	 */
 	if (netmask < subnetmask) {
 		addr = netmask & ipif->ipif_subnet;
-		irep = ire_create_bcast(ill, addr, zoneid, irep);
 		irep = ire_create_bcast(ill, ~netmask | addr, zoneid, irep);
 	}
 
@@ -15698,7 +15697,6 @@ ipif_create_bcast_ires(ipif_t *ipif, ire_t **irep)
 	 */
 	if (subnetmask != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		addr = ipif->ipif_subnet;
-		irep = ire_create_bcast(ill, addr, zoneid, irep);
 		irep = ire_create_bcast(ill, ~subnetmask | addr, zoneid, irep);
 	}
 
@@ -15743,9 +15741,6 @@ ipif_delete_bcast_ires(ipif_t *ipif)
 	 */
 	if (netmask < subnetmask) {
 		addr = netmask & ipif->ipif_subnet;
-		ire = ire_lookup_bcast(ill, addr, zoneid);
-		ASSERT(ire != NULL);
-		ire_delete(ire); ire_refrele(ire);
 		ire = ire_lookup_bcast(ill, ~netmask | addr, zoneid);
 		ASSERT(ire != NULL);
 		ire_delete(ire); ire_refrele(ire);
@@ -15759,9 +15754,6 @@ ipif_delete_bcast_ires(ipif_t *ipif)
 	 */
 	if (subnetmask != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		addr = ipif->ipif_subnet;
-		ire = ire_lookup_bcast(ill, addr, zoneid);
-		ASSERT(ire != NULL);
-		ire_delete(ire); ire_refrele(ire);
 		ire = ire_lookup_bcast(ill, ~subnetmask | addr, zoneid);
 		ASSERT(ire != NULL);
 		ire_delete(ire); ire_refrele(ire);