diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/ifup b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/ifup
index ff8d4d975..637075c9f 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/ifup
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/ifup
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ eth1: | *:sms)
 	macaddr="$(sed -ne 's,^.*ethaddr3=\([^[:blank:]]\+\)[:blank:]*.*,\1,g;T;p' /proc/cmdline)"
 esac
 
-[ -n "${macaddr}" ] && ifconfig ${IFACE} hw ether ${macaddr} up
+if [ -n "${macaddr}" ]; then
+	ifconfig ${IFACE} hw ether ${macaddr} up
+fi