diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/dhcp/dhclient.c b/reactos/subsys/system/dhcp/dhclient.c
index 4e1b3fee342..44c3541bf0e 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/dhcp/dhclient.c
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/dhcp/dhclient.c
@@ -682,7 +682,11 @@ bind_lease(struct interface_info *ip)
     ip->client->new = NULL;
 
     /* Set up a timeout to start the renewal process. */
-    add_timeout(ip->client->active->renewal, state_bound, ip);
+    /* Timeout of zero means no timeout (some implementations seem to use
+     * one day).
+     */
+    if( ip->client->active->renewal ) 
+        add_timeout(ip->client->active->renewal, state_bound, ip);
 
     note("bound to %s -- renewal in %d seconds.",
          piaddr(ip->client->active->address),