diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 10013ccee8dd..5dd938579eeb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -753,9 +753,9 @@ static void __init ic_bootp_send_if(struct ic_device *d, unsigned long jiffies_d
 		printk("Unknown ARP type 0x%04x for device %s\n", dev->type, dev->name);
 		b->htype = dev->type; /* can cause undefined behavior */
 	}
+
+	/* server_ip and your_ip address are both already zero per RFC2131 */
 	b->hlen = dev->addr_len;
-	b->your_ip = NONE;
-	b->server_ip = NONE;
 	memcpy(b->hw_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 	b->secs = htons(jiffies_diff / HZ);
 	b->xid = d->xid;