diff --git a/net/arp/arp_send.c b/net/arp/arp_send.c
index 70bf12f752..ea54b4427c 100644
--- a/net/arp/arp_send.c
+++ b/net/arp/arp_send.c
@@ -342,16 +342,9 @@ int arp_send(in_addr_t ipaddr)
       state.snd_cb->priv  = (FAR void *)&state;
       state.snd_cb->event = arp_send_eventhandler;
 
-      /* Notify the device driver that new TX data is available.
-       * NOTES: This is in essence what netdev_ipv4_txnotify() does, which
-       * is not possible to call since it expects a in_addr_t as
-       * its single argument to lookup the network interface.
-       */
+      /* Notify the device driver that new TX data is available. */
 
-      if (dev->d_txavail)
-        {
-          dev->d_txavail(dev);
-        }
+      netdev_txnotify_dev(dev);
 
       /* Wait for the send to complete or an error to occur.
        * net_lockedwait will also terminate if a signal is received.
diff --git a/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_autoconfig.c b/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_autoconfig.c
index 945ff6dfc1..5fa7e60587 100644
--- a/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_autoconfig.c
+++ b/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_autoconfig.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static int icmpv6_send_message(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev, bool advertise)
 
   /* Notify the device driver that new TX data is available. */
 
-  dev->d_txavail(dev);
+  netdev_txnotify_dev(dev);
 
   /* Wait for the send to complete or an error to occur
    * net_lockedwait will also terminate if a signal is received.
diff --git a/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_neighbor.c b/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_neighbor.c
index 7244329718..ced2d09fa5 100644
--- a/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_neighbor.c
+++ b/net/icmpv6/icmpv6_neighbor.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int icmpv6_neighbor(const net_ipv6addr_t ipaddr)
 
       /* Notify the device driver that new TX data is available. */
 
-      dev->d_txavail(dev);
+      netdev_txnotify_dev(dev);
 
       /* Wait for the send to complete or an error to occur.
        * net_lockedwait will also terminate if a signal is received.