diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index b18e81f0c9e1..c8ed31828db3 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -187,10 +187,12 @@ static inline int addrconf_ifid_eui48(u8 *eui, struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define INFINITY_LIFE_TIME 0xFFFFFFFF
+
 static inline unsigned long addrconf_timeout_fixup(u32 timeout,
 						   unsigned int unit)
 {
-	if (timeout == 0xffffffff)
+	if (timeout == INFINITY_LIFE_TIME)
 		return ~0UL;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index b5d2a9fd46c7..61be85154dd1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -703,8 +703,6 @@ static int inet_rtm_deladdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return err;
 }
 
-#define INFINITY_LIFE_TIME	0xFFFFFFFF
-
 static void check_lifetime(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	unsigned long now, next, next_sec, next_sched;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index c87d008aefa4..04ee75af2f6b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/ioam6.h>
 
-#define	INFINITY_LIFE_TIME	0xFFFFFFFF
-
 #define IPV6_MAX_STRLEN \
 	sizeof("ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:255.255.255.255")