diff --git a/recipes-bsp/netbase/init-ifupdown_sysmocom.inc b/recipes-bsp/netbase/init-ifupdown_sysmocom.inc
index 66a5bf9..6544588 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/netbase/init-ifupdown_sysmocom.inc
+++ b/recipes-bsp/netbase/init-ifupdown_sysmocom.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SYSMOCOM := "${@os.path.dirname(bb.data.getVar('FILE', d, True))}"
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${SYSMOCOM}/netbase-${PV}:${SYSMOCOM}/netbase:"
-PRINC = "6"
+PRINC = "7"
 
 # systemd does not look at /etc/rcS.d for the script. Make sure
 # there is a symlink available
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/init b/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/init
index fb31c63..986a2eb 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/init
+++ b/recipes-bsp/netbase/netbase/sysmocom-idu/init
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ check_network_swap() {
 case "$1" in
 start)
 	echo -n "Configuring network interfaces... "
+	mkdir /run/network || true
 	sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf >/dev/null 2>&1
 	ifup -a
 	echo "done."