1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 0c822e2a1..5b2251777 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -1239,8 +1239,10 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
                 if (!okay && !FORCE) {
                         bb_error_msg("ignoring unknown interface %s", liface);
                         any_failures = 1;
-                } else {
+                } else if (!NO_ACT) {
                         /* update the state file */
+                        FILE *state_fp;
+                        llist_t *state;
                         llist_t *state_list = read_iface_state();
                         llist_t *iface_state = find_iface_state(state_list, iface);
 
@@ -1259,17 +1261,15 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         }
 
                         /* Actually write the new state */
-                        if (!NO_ACT) {
-                                FILE *state_fp = xfopen("/var/run/ifstate", "w");
-                                llist_t *state = state_list;
-                                while (state) {
-                                        if (state->data) {
-                                                fprintf(state_fp, "%s\n", state->data);
-                                        }
-                                        state = state->link;
+                        state_fp = xfopen("/var/run/ifstate", "w");
+                        state = state_list;
+                        while (state) {
+                                if (state->data) {
+                                        fprintf(state_fp, "%s\n", state->data);
                                 }
-                                fclose(state_fp);
+                                state = state->link;
                         }
+                        fclose(state_fp);
                         llist_free(state_list, free);
                 }
         }