diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index d0ea0ecc900863b0468649b377bbf71653d5ccbe..bcf3c4f9882d8eaba38347caddeedc4ae0aea791 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static void __init ic_bootp_init_ext(u8 *e)
 	*e++ = 3;		/* Default gateway request */
 	*e++ = 4;
 	e += 4;
-	*e++ = 5;		/* Name server request */
+	*e++ = 6;		/* (DNS) name server request */
 	*e++ = 8;
 	e += 8;
 	*e++ = 12;		/* Host name request */