diff --git a/addr_linux.go b/addr_linux.go
index 28746d5..1358bee 100644
--- a/addr_linux.go
+++ b/addr_linux.go
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-// IFA_FLAGS is a u32 attribute.
-const IFA_FLAGS = 0x8
-
 // AddrAdd will add an IP address to a link device.
 //
 // Equivalent to: `ip addr add $addr dev $link`
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ func (h *Handle) addrHandle(link Link, addr *Addr, req *nl.NetlinkRequest) error
 		} else {
 			b := make([]byte, 4)
 			native.PutUint32(b, uint32(addr.Flags))
-			flagsData := nl.NewRtAttr(IFA_FLAGS, b)
+			flagsData := nl.NewRtAttr(unix.IFA_FLAGS, b)
 			req.AddData(flagsData)
 		}
 	}
@@ -156,10 +153,10 @@ func (h *Handle) addrHandle(link Link, addr *Addr, req *nl.NetlinkRequest) error
 	// value should be "forever". To compensate for that, only add the attributes if at least one of the values is
 	// non-zero, which means the caller has explicitly set them
 	if addr.ValidLft > 0 || addr.PreferedLft > 0 {
-		cachedata := nl.IfaCacheInfo{
-			IfaValid:    uint32(addr.ValidLft),
-			IfaPrefered: uint32(addr.PreferedLft),
-		}
+		cachedata := nl.IfaCacheInfo{unix.IfaCacheinfo{
+			Valid:    uint32(addr.ValidLft),
+			Prefered: uint32(addr.PreferedLft),
+		}}
 		req.AddData(nl.NewRtAttr(unix.IFA_CACHEINFO, cachedata.Serialize()))
 	}
 
@@ -254,12 +251,12 @@ func parseAddr(m []byte) (addr Addr, family, index int, err error) {
 			addr.Broadcast = attr.Value
 		case unix.IFA_LABEL:
 			addr.Label = string(attr.Value[:len(attr.Value)-1])
-		case IFA_FLAGS:
+		case unix.IFA_FLAGS:
 			addr.Flags = int(native.Uint32(attr.Value[0:4]))
-		case nl.IFA_CACHEINFO:
+		case unix.IFA_CACHEINFO:
 			ci := nl.DeserializeIfaCacheInfo(attr.Value)
-			addr.PreferedLft = int(ci.IfaPrefered)
-			addr.ValidLft = int(ci.IfaValid)
+			addr.PreferedLft = int(ci.Prefered)
+			addr.ValidLft = int(ci.Valid)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/nl/addr_linux.go b/nl/addr_linux.go
index 50db3b4..6bea4ed 100644
--- a/nl/addr_linux.go
+++ b/nl/addr_linux.go
@@ -54,24 +54,18 @@ func (msg *IfAddrmsg) Len() int {
 // 	__u32	tstamp; /* updated timestamp, hundredths of seconds */
 // };
 
-const IFA_CACHEINFO = 6
-const SizeofIfaCacheInfo = 0x10
-
 type IfaCacheInfo struct {
-	IfaPrefered uint32
-	IfaValid    uint32
-	Cstamp      uint32
-	Tstamp      uint32
+	unix.IfaCacheinfo
 }
 
 func (msg *IfaCacheInfo) Len() int {
-	return SizeofIfaCacheInfo
+	return unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo
 }
 
 func DeserializeIfaCacheInfo(b []byte) *IfaCacheInfo {
-	return (*IfaCacheInfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0:SizeofIfaCacheInfo][0]))
+	return (*IfaCacheInfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0:unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo][0]))
 }
 
 func (msg *IfaCacheInfo) Serialize() []byte {
-	return (*(*[SizeofIfaCacheInfo]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(msg)))[:]
+	return (*(*[unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(msg)))[:]
 }
diff --git a/nl/addr_linux_test.go b/nl/addr_linux_test.go
index 6a5c03e..b2cbb44 100644
--- a/nl/addr_linux_test.go
+++ b/nl/addr_linux_test.go
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ func TestIfAddrmsgDeserializeSerialize(t *testing.T) {
 
 func (msg *IfaCacheInfo) write(b []byte) {
 	native := NativeEndian()
-	native.PutUint32(b[0:4], uint32(msg.IfaPrefered))
-	native.PutUint32(b[4:8], uint32(msg.IfaValid))
+	native.PutUint32(b[0:4], uint32(msg.Prefered))
+	native.PutUint32(b[4:8], uint32(msg.Valid))
 	native.PutUint32(b[8:12], uint32(msg.Cstamp))
 	native.PutUint32(b[12:16], uint32(msg.Tstamp))
 }
 
 func (msg *IfaCacheInfo) serializeSafe() []byte {
-	length := SizeofIfaCacheInfo
+	length := unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo
 	b := make([]byte, length)
 	msg.write(b)
 	return b
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ func (msg *IfaCacheInfo) serializeSafe() []byte {
 
 func deserializeIfaCacheInfoSafe(b []byte) *IfaCacheInfo {
 	var msg = IfaCacheInfo{}
-	binary.Read(bytes.NewReader(b[0:SizeofIfaCacheInfo]), NativeEndian(), &msg)
+	binary.Read(bytes.NewReader(b[0:unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo]), NativeEndian(), &msg)
 	return &msg
 }
 
 func TestIfaCacheInfoDeserializeSerialize(t *testing.T) {
-	var orig = make([]byte, SizeofIfaCacheInfo)
+	var orig = make([]byte, unix.SizeofIfaCacheinfo)
 	rand.Read(orig)
 	safemsg := deserializeIfaCacheInfoSafe(orig)
 	msg := DeserializeIfaCacheInfo(orig)