diff --git a/usr/libexec/netconsole b/usr/libexec/netconsole
index 3f2872dd..103a3852 100755
--- a/usr/libexec/netconsole
+++ b/usr/libexec/netconsole
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# 
+#
 # netconsole 	This loads the netconsole module with the configured parameters.
 #
 # chkconfig: - 50 50
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH
 RETVAL=0
 SERVER_ADDRESS_RESOLUTION=
 
-# Check that networking is up.
-. /etc/sysconfig/network
+[ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ] && . /etc/sysconfig/network
 
 # Source function library.
 . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ print_address_info ()
 	local route via target
 
 	route=$(LANG=C ip -o route get to $host/32)
-	
+
 	[ -z "$DEV" ] && DEV=$(echo $route | sed "s|.* dev \([^ ]*\).*|\1|")
 	echo "DEV=$DEV"
 	echo "LOCALADDR=$(echo $route | sed "s|.* src \([^ ]*\).*|\1|")"
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@ print_address_info ()
 	if [ -z "$SYSLOGMACADDR" ]; then
 		arp=$(LANG=C /sbin/arping -f -c 1 -I $DEV $target 2>/dev/null | awk '/ reply from .*[.*]/ { print gensub(".* reply from .* \\[(.*)\\].*","\\1","G"); exit }')
 		[ -n "$arp" ] && echo "SYSLOGMACADDR=$arp"
-	fi	
-}	
-	
+	fi
+}
+
 start ()
 {
 	[ -f /etc/sysconfig/netconsole ] || exit 6
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ start ()
 		exit 6
 	fi
 	eval $(print_address_info $SYSLOGADDR)
-	
+
 	if [ -z "$SYSLOGMACADDR" ]; then
 		echo $"netconsole: can't resolve MAC address of $SYSLOGADDR" 1>&2
 		exit 1