1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/networking/udhcp/common.c b/networking/udhcp/common.c
index bfdc7ba8d..8542c664c 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/common.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/common.c
@@ -59,15 +59,14 @@ void background(const char *pidfile)
 #else /* __uClinux__ */
         int pid_fd;
 
-        if (!pidfile) return;
-
-        pid_fd = pidfile_acquire(pidfile); /* hold lock during fork. */
+        /* hold lock during fork. */
+        if (pidfile) pid_fd = pidfile_acquire(pidfile);
         if (daemon(0, 0) == -1) {
                 perror("fork");
                 exit(1);
         }
         daemonized++;
-        pidfile_write_release(pid_fd);
+        if (pidfile) pidfile_write_release(pid_fd);
 #endif /* __uClinux__ */
 }
 
@@ -97,8 +96,10 @@ void start_log_and_pid(const char *client_server, const char *pidfile)
         sanitize_fds();
 
         /* do some other misc startup stuff while we are here to save bytes */
-        pid_fd = pidfile_acquire(pidfile);
-        pidfile_write_release(pid_fd);
+        if (pidfile) {
+                pid_fd = pidfile_acquire(pidfile);
+                pidfile_write_release(pid_fd);
+        }
 
         /* equivelent of doing a fflush after every \n */
         setlinebuf(stdout);