diff --git a/files/board/arpl/overlayfs/opt/arpl/boot.sh b/files/board/arpl/overlayfs/opt/arpl/boot.sh
index b1113df9..4bdecd13 100755
--- a/files/board/arpl/overlayfs/opt/arpl/boot.sh
+++ b/files/board/arpl/overlayfs/opt/arpl/boot.sh
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ if [ "${DIRECT}" = "true" ]; then
 else
   (/etc/init.d/S41dhcpcd restart >/dev/null 2>&1 &) || true
   BOOTIPWAIT="`readConfigKey "bootipwait" "${USER_CONFIG_FILE}"`"
+  [ -z "${BOOTIPWAIT}" ] && BOOTIPWAIT=10
   sleep ${BOOTIPWAIT}
   ETHX=(`ls /sys/class/net/ | grep eth`)  # real network cards list
   echo "`printf "$(TEXT "Detected %s network cards, Waiting IP.(For reference only)")" "${#ETHX[@]}"`"