diff --git a/lib/libnet/netload.c b/lib/libnet/netload.c
index f7ec341..2dc00f0 100644
--- a/lib/libnet/netload.c
+++ b/lib/libnet/netload.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define MAX_PKT_SIZE         1720
 #define DEFAULT_BOOT_RETRIES 10
 #define DEFAULT_TFTP_RETRIES 20
-static int ip_version = 4;
+static int ip_version;
 
 typedef struct {
 	char filename[100];
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ int netload(char *buffer, int len, char *args_fs, int alen)
 	uint8_t own_mac[6];
 	char *pkt_buffer;
 
+	ip_version = 4;
+
 	pkt_buffer = SLOF_alloc_mem(MAX_PKT_SIZE);
 	if (!pkt_buffer) {
 		puts("ERROR: Unable to allocate memory");