diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/files/lib/netifd/proto/dhcp.sh b/package/network/config/netifd/files/lib/netifd/proto/dhcp.sh
index 0e88af9e96ad85e7c51ff0b497ce71342d2d1568..546e1d661a788988064fed50a564ec2680f81476 100755
--- a/package/network/config/netifd/files/lib/netifd/proto/dhcp.sh
+++ b/package/network/config/netifd/files/lib/netifd/proto/dhcp.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ proto_dhcp_setup() {
 	proto_run_command "$config" udhcpc \
 		-p /var/run/udhcpc-$iface.pid \
 		-s /lib/netifd/dhcp.script \
-		-f -t 0 -i "$iface" \
+		-f -R -t 0 -i "$iface" \
 		${ipaddr:+-r $ipaddr} \
 		${hostname:+-H $hostname} \
 		${vendorid:+-V $vendorid} \