diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index f3d7bfe..2cfdb96 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@
 	dev_add_param(dev, "netmask", eth_set_ipaddr, NULL, 0);
 	dev_add_param(dev, "serverip", eth_set_ipaddr, NULL, 0);
 
-	edev->init(edev);
+	if (edev->init)
+		edev->init(edev);
 
 	list_add_tail(&edev->list, &netdev_list);