diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 420f56ad59f87fb3b27327715de8bb4e38dad2fb..56a675734ea555ba256576a33f39cccd4c60cf91 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,7 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(char *addrs)
 	int num = 0;
 
 	ic_set_manually = 1;
+	ic_enable = 1;
 
 	if (ic_proto_name(addrs))
 		return 1;