diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 42a0f3d..4911b81 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -1268,6 +1268,7 @@ __be32 __init root_nfs_parse_addr(char *name)
 static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 {
 	__be32 addr;
+	 int retries = CONF_OPEN_RETRIES;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	proc_net_fops_create(&init_net, "pnp", S_IRUGO, &pnp_seq_fops);
@@ -1305,8 +1306,6 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config(void)
 	    ic_first_dev->next) {
 #ifdef IPCONFIG_DYNAMIC
 
-		int retries = CONF_OPEN_RETRIES;
-
 		if (ic_dynamic() < 0) {
 			ic_close_devs();