diff --git a/include/ptpd_netif.h b/include/ptpd_netif.h
index da7be3ffee6adc453f5baad8fba7f7b90e2d1ef4..3d8158787a6567480d7e2dddcca4796cfa9455ea 100644
--- a/include/ptpd_netif.h
+++ b/include/ptpd_netif.h
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #define PTPD_SOCK_UDP		0 /* wrong name, it should be "WRPC" */
 #define PTPD_SOCK_RAW_ETHERNET 	1 /* but used in ppsi, which I won't change */
 
+#define LINK_WENT_UP 1
+#define LINK_WENT_DOWN 2
+#define LINK_UP 3
+#define LINK_DOWN 4
+
 // GCC-specific
 #ifndef PACKED
 #  define PACKED __attribute__((packed))
diff --git a/lib/ipv4.c b/lib/ipv4.c
index b8c18105fd8badc671f67f6ed3d4472d7cc7024e..d5f6bd37e51d6c7fc8333dd5f3e1a3acf0226a7d 100644
--- a/lib/ipv4.c
+++ b/lib/ipv4.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct wrpc_socket *rdate_socket;
 void __attribute__((weak)) syslog_init(void)
 { }
 
-void __attribute__((weak)) syslog_poll(void)
+void __attribute__((weak)) syslog_poll(int l_status)
 { }
 
 unsigned int ipv4_checksum(unsigned short *buf, int shorts)
@@ -160,15 +160,17 @@ static void rdate_poll(void)
 
 }
 
-void ipv4_poll(void)
+void ipv4_poll(int l_status)
 {
+	if (l_status == LINK_WENT_UP)
+		needIP = 1;
 	bootp_poll();
 
 	icmp_poll();
 
 	rdate_poll();
 
-	syslog_poll();
+	syslog_poll(l_status);
 }
 
 void getIP(unsigned char *IP)
diff --git a/lib/ipv4.h b/lib/ipv4.h
index bc778a8b95df906089e76bc77b3314bdcc22e3e0..e56ba50e5de005ac16294e7c48ee0f85e0e45628 100644
--- a/lib/ipv4.h
+++ b/lib/ipv4.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define UDP_END		(UDP_CHECKSUM+2)
 
 void ipv4_init(void);
-void ipv4_poll(void);
+void ipv4_poll(int l_status);
 
 /* Internal to IP stack: */
 unsigned int ipv4_checksum(unsigned short *buf, int shorts);
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ struct wr_udp_addr {
 void fill_udp(uint8_t * buf, int len, struct wr_udp_addr *uaddr);
 
 void syslog_init(void);
-void syslog_poll(void);
+void syslog_poll(int l_status);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/syslog.c b/lib/syslog.c
index 57070885bd24d1016a9fc6e59b183011c81d5028..67e5905947fe33a8e8bdf3215087b129dcbc2066 100644
--- a/lib/syslog.c
+++ b/lib/syslog.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ DEFINE_WRC_COMMAND(mac) = {
 };
 
 
-void syslog_poll(void)
+void syslog_poll(int l_satus)
 {
 	struct wr_sockaddr addr;
 	char buf[128];
diff --git a/wrc_main.c b/wrc_main.c
index d33f6d58664312779875f9fc160f4b5ff310bdec..dbb20799dba0e30bbeac9ba9a9f262b92b518bf0 100644
--- a/wrc_main.c
+++ b/wrc_main.c
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ static void wrc_initialize(void)
 	}
 }
 
-#define LINK_WENT_UP 1
-#define LINK_WENT_DOWN 2
-#define LINK_UP 3
-#define LINK_DOWN 4
-
 static int wrc_check_link(void)
 {
 	static int prev_link_state = -1;
@@ -185,13 +180,10 @@ int main(void)
 
 		switch (l_status) {
 		case LINK_WENT_UP:
-			needIP = 1;
-			break;
-
 		case LINK_UP:
 			update_rx_queues();
 			if (HAS_IP) {
-				ipv4_poll();
+				ipv4_poll(l_status);
 				arp_poll();
 			}
 			break;