--- /dev/null
+--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
++++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
+@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ int udhcpc_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, c
+
+ switch (state) {
+ case INIT_SELECTING:
+- if (packet_num < discover_retries) {
++ if (!discover_retries || packet_num < discover_retries) {
+ if (packet_num == 0)
+ xid = random_xid();
+ /* broadcast */
+@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ int udhcpc_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, c
+ packet_num = 0;
+ continue;
+ case REQUESTING:
+- if (packet_num < discover_retries) {
++ if (!discover_retries || packet_num < discover_retries) {
+ /* send broadcast select packet */
+ send_select(xid, server_addr, requested_ip);
+ timeout = discover_timeout;