diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman/connman b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman/connman
index 67ba7c8a2a..2625adeead 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman/connman
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/connman/connman
@@ -29,8 +29,18 @@ done
 do_start() {
 	EXTRA_PARAM=""
 	if test $nfsroot -eq 1 ; then
-		ethn=`ifconfig | grep eth | sed -e "s/\(eth[0-9]\)\(.*\)/\1/"`
-		EXTRA_PARAM="-I $ethn"
+	    NET_DEVS=`cat /proc/net/dev | sed -ne 's/^\([a-zA-Z0-9 ]*\):.*$/\1/p'`
+	    NET_ADDR=`cat /proc/cmdline | sed -ne 's/^.*ip=\([^ ]*\):.*$/\1/p'`
+
+	    if [ x$NET_ADDR != x ]; then
+		for i in $NET_DEVS; do
+		    ADDR=`ifconfig $i | sed 's/addr://g' | sed -ne 's/^.*inet \([0-9.]*\) .*$/\1/p'`
+		    if [ "$NET_ADDR" = "$ADDR" ]; then
+			EXTRA_PARAM="-I $i"
+			break
+		    fi
+		done
+	    fi
 	fi
 	if [ -f @LIBDIR@/connman/wired-setup ] ; then
 		. @LIBDIR@/connman/wired-setup