diff --git a/include/netlink/idiag/idiagnl.h b/include/netlink/idiag/idiagnl.h
index 9f3345a..3b3b57e 100644
--- a/include/netlink/idiag/idiagnl.h
+++ b/include/netlink/idiag/idiagnl.h
@@ -32,28 +32,39 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * Socket state identifiers
  * @ingroup idiag
+ * @deprecated: use instead the TCP_* defines from netinet/tcp.h.
  */
 enum {
-	IDIAG_SS_UNKNOWN,
-	IDIAG_SS_ESTABLISHED,
-	IDIAG_SS_SYN_SENT,
-	IDIAG_SS_SYN_RECV,
-	IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT1,
-	IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT2,
-	IDIAG_SS_TIME_WAIT,
-	IDIAG_SS_CLOSE,
-	IDIAG_SS_CLOSE_WAIT,
-	IDIAG_SS_LAST_ACK,
-	IDIAG_SS_LISTEN,
-	IDIAG_SS_CLOSING,
-	IDIAG_SS_MAX
+	IDIAG_SS_UNKNOWN           = 0,
+
+	IDIAG_SS_ESTABLISHED       = 1,  /* TCP_ESTABLISHED */
+	IDIAG_SS_SYN_SENT          = 2,  /* TCP_SYN_SENT */
+	IDIAG_SS_SYN_RECV          = 3,  /* TCP_SYN_RECV */
+	IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT1         = 4,  /* TCP_FIN_WAIT1 */
+	IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT2         = 5,  /* TCP_FIN_WAIT2 */
+	IDIAG_SS_TIME_WAIT         = 6,  /* TCP_TIME_WAIT */
+	IDIAG_SS_CLOSE             = 7,  /* TCP_CLOSE */
+	IDIAG_SS_CLOSE_WAIT        = 8,  /* TCP_CLOSE_WAIT */
+	IDIAG_SS_LAST_ACK          = 9,  /* TCP_LAST_ACK */
+	IDIAG_SS_LISTEN            = 10, /* TCP_LISTEN */
+	IDIAG_SS_CLOSING           = 11, /* TCP_CLOSING */
+
+	IDIAG_SS_MAX               = 12,
 };
 
 /**
  * Macro to represent all socket states.
  * @ingroup idiag
  */
-#define IDIAG_SS_ALL ((1<<IDIAG_SS_MAX)-1)
+#define IDIAGNL_SS_ALL (((1<<12)-1))
+
+/**
+ * Macro to represent all socket states.
+ * @ingroup idiag
+ * @deprecated
+ */
+#define IDIAG_SS_ALL  IDIAGNL_SS_ALL
+
 
 /**
  * Inet Diag extended attributes
diff --git a/lib/idiag/idiag.c b/lib/idiag/idiag.c
index 2162352..303ffea 100644
--- a/lib/idiag/idiag.c
+++ b/lib/idiag/idiag.c
@@ -82,25 +82,22 @@ int idiagnl_send_simple(struct nl_sock *sk, int flags, uint8_t family,
  */
 
 static const struct trans_tbl idiag_states[] = {
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_UNKNOWN, unknown),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_ESTABLISHED, established),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_SYN_SENT, syn_sent),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_SYN_RECV, syn_recv),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT1, fin_wait),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_FIN_WAIT2, fin_wait2),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_TIME_WAIT, time_wait),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_CLOSE, close),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_CLOSE_WAIT, close_wait),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_LAST_ACK, last_ack),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_LISTEN, listen),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_CLOSING, closing),
-	__ADD(IDIAG_SS_MAX, max),
-	{ ((1<<IDIAG_SS_MAX)-1), "all" }
+	__ADD(TCP_ESTABLISHED, established),
+	__ADD(TCP_SYN_SENT, syn_sent),
+	__ADD(TCP_SYN_RECV, syn_recv),
+	__ADD(TCP_FIN_WAIT1, fin_wait),
+	__ADD(TCP_FIN_WAIT2, fin_wait2),
+	__ADD(TCP_TIME_WAIT, time_wait),
+	__ADD(TCP_CLOSE, close),
+	__ADD(TCP_CLOSE_WAIT, close_wait),
+	__ADD(TCP_LAST_ACK, last_ack),
+	__ADD(TCP_LISTEN, listen),
+	__ADD(TCP_CLOSING, closing),
 };
 
 /**
  * Convert inet diag socket states to strings.
- * @arg state	  inetdiag socket state (e.g., IDIAG_SS_ESTABLISHED)
+ * @arg state	  inetdiag socket state (e.g., TCP_ESTABLISHED)
  * @arg buf	  output buffer which will hold string result
  * @arg len	  length in bytes of the output buffer
  *
diff --git a/src/idiag-socket-details.c b/src/idiag-socket-details.c
index 9568676..17bcef2 100644
--- a/src/idiag-socket-details.c
+++ b/src/idiag-socket-details.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((err = idiagnl_msg_alloc_cache(sock, AF_INET, IDIAG_SS_ALL,
+	if ((err = idiagnl_msg_alloc_cache(sock, AF_INET, IDIAGNL_SS_ALL,
 					&idiag_cache))) {
 		nl_cli_fatal(err, "Unable to allocate idiag msg cache: %s",
 				nl_geterror(err));