diff --git a/board/common/uboot/scripts/ixprepdhcp.sh b/board/common/uboot/scripts/ixprepdhcp.sh
index ef4f6629..0fe7dbca 100644
--- a/board/common/uboot/scripts/ixprepdhcp.sh
+++ b/board/common/uboot/scripts/ixprepdhcp.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 setenv autoload no
 
-if dhcp; then
+if test -n "${ipaddr}" -a -n "${netmask}" -a -n "${serverip}" -a -n "${bootfile}" || dhcp; then
     setenv proto tftp
     setenv dltool tftpboot