1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 42a0f3dd3fd6..d722013c1cae 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -1268,6 +1268,9 @@ __be32 __init root_nfs_parse_addr(char *name)
 static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 {
         __be32 addr;
+#ifdef IPCONFIG_DYNAMIC
+        int retries = CONF_OPEN_RETRIES;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
         proc_net_fops_create(&init_net, "pnp", S_IRUGO, &pnp_seq_fops);
@@ -1304,9 +1307,6 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 #endif
             ic_first_dev->next) {
 #ifdef IPCONFIG_DYNAMIC
-
-                int retries = CONF_OPEN_RETRIES;
-
                 if (ic_dynamic() < 0) {
                         ic_close_devs();