diff --git a/libports/src/lib/lwip/platform/sys_arch.cc b/libports/src/lib/lwip/platform/sys_arch.cc
index 8127e37..0b79d0c 100644
--- a/libports/src/lib/lwip/platform/sys_arch.cc
+++ b/libports/src/lib/lwip/platform/sys_arch.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ extern "C" {
 				return 1;
 #endif /* LWIP_DHCP */
 			}
+			else
+				netif_set_up(&netif);
 		} catch (Nic_not_availble) {
 			PWRN("NIC not available, set loopback as default");
 			netif_set_default(loopif);