diff --git a/lib/mpls.h b/lib/mpls.h
index bf98eecd81..6ef00375e8 100644
--- a/lib/mpls.h
+++ b/lib/mpls.h
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ typedef unsigned int mpls_lse_t;
 /* MPLS label value as a 32-bit (mostly we only care about the label value). */
 typedef unsigned int mpls_label_t;
 
+struct mpls_label_stack {
+	uint8_t num_labels;
+	uint8_t reserved[3];
+	mpls_label_t label[0]; /* 1 or more labels */
+};
+
 /* The MPLS explicit-null label is 0 which means when you memset a mpls_label_t
  * to zero you have set that variable to explicit-null which was probably not
  * your intent. The work-around is to use one bit to indicate if the
diff --git a/lib/nexthop.c b/lib/nexthop.c
index f6b2c9788d..f531f27302 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop.c
+++ b/lib/nexthop.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const char *nexthop_type_to_str(enum nexthop_types_t nh_type)
  */
 int nexthop_labels_match(struct nexthop *nh1, struct nexthop *nh2)
 {
-	struct nexthop_label *nhl1, *nhl2;
+	struct mpls_label_stack *nhl1, *nhl2;
 
 	nhl1 = nh1->nh_label;
 	nhl2 = nh2->nh_label;
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ void nexthops_free(struct nexthop *nexthop)
 void nexthop_add_labels(struct nexthop *nexthop, enum lsp_types_t type,
 			u_int8_t num_labels, mpls_label_t *label)
 {
-	struct nexthop_label *nh_label;
+	struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label;
 	int i;
 
 	nexthop->nh_label_type = type;
 	nh_label = XCALLOC(MTYPE_NH_LABEL,
-			   sizeof(struct nexthop_label)
+			   sizeof(struct mpls_label_stack)
 				   + num_labels * sizeof(mpls_label_t));
 	nh_label->num_labels = num_labels;
 	for (i = 0; i < num_labels; i++)
diff --git a/lib/nexthop.h b/lib/nexthop.h
index a727f37057..753e66643d 100644
--- a/lib/nexthop.h
+++ b/lib/nexthop.h
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ enum blackhole_type {
 	((type) == NEXTHOP_TYPE_IFINDEX || (type) == NEXTHOP_TYPE_BLACKHOLE) \
 		? (type) : ((type) | 1)
 
-/* Nexthop label structure. */
-struct nexthop_label {
-	u_int8_t num_labels;
-	u_int8_t reserved[3];
-	mpls_label_t label[0]; /* 1 or more labels. */
-};
-
 /* Nexthop structure. */
 struct nexthop {
 	struct nexthop *next;
@@ -107,7 +100,7 @@ struct nexthop {
 	enum lsp_types_t nh_label_type;
 
 	/* Label(s) associated with this nexthop. */
-	struct nexthop_label *nh_label;
+	struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label;
 };
 
 /* The following for loop allows to iterate over the nexthop
diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
index a77814668d..2dc3771b25 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static void _netlink_route_build_singlepath(const char *routedesc, int bytelen,
 					    struct rtmsg *rtmsg,
 					    size_t req_size, int cmd)
 {
-	struct nexthop_label *nh_label;
+	struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label;
 	mpls_lse_t out_lse[MPLS_MAX_LABELS];
 	char label_buf[256];
 
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static void _netlink_route_build_multipath(const char *routedesc, int bytelen,
 					   struct rtmsg *rtmsg,
 					   union g_addr **src)
 {
-	struct nexthop_label *nh_label;
+	struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label;
 	mpls_lse_t out_lse[MPLS_MAX_LABELS];
 	char label_buf[256];
 
diff --git a/zebra/rt_socket.c b/zebra/rt_socket.c
index 0c29f0650c..09fdf0b2d3 100644
--- a/zebra/rt_socket.c
+++ b/zebra/rt_socket.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int sin_masklen(struct in_addr mask)
 #endif /* HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_IN_SIN_LEN */
 
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
-static int kernel_rtm_add_labels(struct nexthop_label *nh_label,
+static int kernel_rtm_add_labels(struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label,
 				 struct sockaddr_mpls *smpls)
 {
 	if (nh_label->num_labels > 1) {
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_mpls.c b/zebra/zebra_mpls.c
index 4c6fb002dc..193aaa068a 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_mpls.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_mpls.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static zebra_nhlfe_t *nhlfe_add(zebra_lsp_t *lsp, enum lsp_types_t lsp_type,
 				ifindex_t ifindex, mpls_label_t out_label);
 static int nhlfe_del(zebra_nhlfe_t *snhlfe);
 static void nhlfe_out_label_update(zebra_nhlfe_t *nhlfe,
-				   struct nexthop_label *nh_label);
+				   struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label);
 static int mpls_lsp_uninstall_all(struct hash *lsp_table, zebra_lsp_t *lsp,
 				  enum lsp_types_t type);
 static int mpls_static_lsp_uninstall_all(struct zebra_vrf *zvrf,
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int nhlfe_del(zebra_nhlfe_t *nhlfe)
  * Update label for NHLFE entry.
  */
 static void nhlfe_out_label_update(zebra_nhlfe_t *nhlfe,
-				   struct nexthop_label *nh_label)
+				   struct mpls_label_stack *nh_label)
 {
 	nhlfe->nexthop->nh_label->label[0] = nh_label->label[0];
 }