diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/init b/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/init
index bace9df991..fb31c635be 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/init
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/init
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ check_network_swap() {
 case "$1" in
 start)
 	echo -n "Configuring network interfaces... "
+	sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf >/dev/null 2>&1
 	ifup -a
 	echo "done."
 	;;