diff -ur /etc/defaults/rc.conf ./defaults/rc.conf
--- /etc/defaults/rc.conf	2023-08-12 15:43:39.730058729 +0100
+++ ./defaults/rc.conf	2023-10-03 12:17:20.533770082 +0100
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 ifconfig_wait_dad_flags="-w 15 -W 5"
 
 mdnsd=NO
-npf=NO
+npf=NO			npf_rules="/etc/npf.conf"
 npfd=NO			npfd_flags=""
 ipfilter=NO		ipfilter_flags=""	# uses /etc/ipf.conf
 ipnat=NO					# uses /etc/ipnat.conf
diff -ur /etc/rc.d/npf ./rc.d/npf
--- /etc/rc.d/npf	2022-12-22 15:00:43.082087239 +0000
+++ ./rc.d/npf	2023-10-03 12:19:31.541816743 +0100
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 name="npf"
 rcvar=$name
 
-config="/etc/npf.conf"
-
 start_cmd="npf_start"
 stop_cmd="npf_stop"
 
@@ -23,19 +21,20 @@
 status_cmd="npf_status"
 extra_commands="reload status"
 
-npf_cfg_check()
+
+npf_cfg_check_and_reload()
 {
-	if [ ! -f ${config} ]; then
-		warn "${config} is not readable; failed."
+	if [ ! -f "${npf_rules}" ]; then
+		warn "${npf_rules} is not readable; failed."
 		exit 1
 	fi
+	/sbin/npfctl reload "${npf_rules}"
 }
 
 npf_start()
 {
-	echo "Enabling NPF."
-	npf_cfg_check
-	/sbin/npfctl reload
+	echo "Enabling NPF ($npf_rules)."
+	npf_cfg_check_and_reload
 
 	# The npf_boot script has enabled npf already.
 	if [ "$autoboot" != "yes" ]; then
@@ -52,9 +51,8 @@
 
 npf_reload()
 {
-	echo "Reloading NPF ruleset."
-	npf_cfg_check
-	/sbin/npfctl reload
+	echo "Reloading NPF ruleset ($npf_rules)."
+	npf_cfg_check_and_reload
 }
 
 npf_status()