diff --git a/hw/etraxfs.c b/hw/etraxfs.c
index 7b3e2ab671841cad1cdc5c5b1920a865317f6a71..9886ae96239c20b706154296bff76785663ba453 100644
--- a/hw/etraxfs.c
+++ b/hw/etraxfs.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void bareetraxfs_init (ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size,
 
     /* Add the two ethernet blocks.  */
     eth[0] = etraxfs_eth_init(&nd_table[0], env, pic + 25, 0xb0034000);
-    if (&nd_table[1])
+    if (nb_nics > 1)
 	    eth[1] = etraxfs_eth_init(&nd_table[1], env, pic + 26, 0xb0036000);
     
     /* The DMA Connector block is missing, hardwire things for now.  */