diff --git a/net/lwip/wget.c b/net/lwip/wget.c
index ec09814..a3b8290 100644
--- a/net/lwip/wget.c
+++ b/net/lwip/wget.c
@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@
 
 int wget_do_request(ulong dst_addr, char *uri)
 {
-	net_lwip_set_current();
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = net_lwip_eth_start();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (!wget_info)
 		wget_info = &default_wget_info;