diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c
index afca200..27fc401 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_net.c
@@ -879,6 +879,30 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * efi_net_do_start() - start the efi network stack
+ *
+ * This gets called from do_bootefi_exec() each time a payload gets executed.
+ *
+ * Return:	status code
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_net_do_start(void)
+{
+	efi_status_t r = EFI_SUCCESS;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_HTTP_PROTOCOL
+	/*
+	 * No harm on doing the following. If the PXE handle is present, the client could
+	 * find it and try to get its IP address from it. In here the PXE handle is present
+	 * but the PXE protocol is not yet implmenented, so we add this in the meantime.
+	 */
+	efi_net_get_addr((struct efi_ipv4_address *)&netobj->pxe_mode.station_ip,
+			 (struct efi_ipv4_address *)&netobj->pxe_mode.subnet_mask, NULL);
+#endif
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+/**
  * efi_net_register() - register the simple network protocol
  *
  * This gets called from do_bootefi_exec().
@@ -1022,13 +1046,6 @@
 	r = efi_http_register(&netobj->header, &netobj->http_service_binding);
 	if (r != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto failure_to_add_protocol;
-	/*
-	 * No harm on doing the following. If the PXE handle is present, the client could
-	 * find it and try to get its IP address from it. In here the PXE handle is present
-	 * but the PXE protocol is not yet implmenented, so we add this in the meantime.
-	 */
-	efi_net_get_addr((struct efi_ipv4_address *)&netobj->pxe_mode.station_ip,
-			 (struct efi_ipv4_address *)&netobj->pxe_mode.subnet_mask, NULL);
 #endif
 
 	return EFI_SUCCESS;