diff --git a/net/arp.c b/net/arp.c
index b1f12bf10ddf1cb1affb1845a24e7f478f049cfd..824d2e9393550ea250f357b2762cf2f465e5fe66 100644
--- a/net/arp.c
+++ b/net/arp.c
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ void arp_request(void)
 	arp_raw_request(net_ip, net_null_ethaddr, net_arp_wait_reply_ip);
 }
 
-void arp_timeout_check(void)
+int arp_timeout_check(void)
 {
 	ulong t;
 
 	if (!net_arp_wait_packet_ip.s_addr)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	t = get_timer(0);
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ void arp_timeout_check(void)
 			arp_request();
 		}
 	}
+	return 1;
 }
 
 void arp_receive(struct ethernet_hdr *et, struct ip_udp_hdr *ip, int len)
diff --git a/net/arp.h b/net/arp.h
index 43c6296f7e83f930aac2ca1289646c256ca8175a..a288d618b6849a329a919d0d768f0ab142a46ace 100644
--- a/net/arp.h
+++ b/net/arp.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ void arp_init(void);
 void arp_request(void);
 void arp_raw_request(struct in_addr source_ip, const uchar *targetEther,
 	struct in_addr target_ip);
-void arp_timeout_check(void);
+int arp_timeout_check(void);
 void arp_receive(struct ethernet_hdr *et, struct ip_udp_hdr *ip, int len);
 
 #endif /* __ARP_H__ */
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index a115ce28927216532179bdcc842d22025e0ee092..6f75e3ce06c8d587628b629fe70eba4846a3f236 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -569,7 +569,9 @@ restart:
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		arp_timeout_check();
+		if (arp_timeout_check() > 0) {
+		    time_start = get_timer(0);
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 *	Check for a timeout, and run the timeout handler