diff --git a/net/tftp.c b/net/tftp.c
index fd9c9492..1ca9a5e 100644
--- a/net/tftp.c
+++ b/net/tftp.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
 		net_set_timeout_handler(timeout_ms, tftp_timeout_handler);
 
 		if (store_block(tftp_cur_block, pkt + 2, len)) {
-			eth_halt();
+			eth_halt_state_only();
 			net_set_state(NETLOOP_FAIL);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 		case TFTP_ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND:
 		case TFTP_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED:
 			puts("Not retrying...\n");
-			eth_halt();
+			eth_halt_state_only();
 			net_set_state(NETLOOP_FAIL);
 			break;
 		case TFTP_ERR_UNDEFINED: