Index: busybox-1.7.2/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
===================================================================
--- busybox-1.7.2.orig/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c	2007-10-30 15:35:00.000000000 -0500
+++ busybox-1.7.2/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c	2007-10-30 15:35:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 			/* timeout dropped to zero */
 			switch (state) {
 			case INIT_SELECTING:
-				if (packet_num < client_config.retries) {
+				if (!client_config.retries || (packet_num < client_config.retries)) {
 					if (packet_num == 0)
 						xid = random_xid();
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 				break;
 			case RENEW_REQUESTED:
 			case REQUESTING:
-				if (packet_num < client_config.retries) {
+				if (!client_config.retries || (packet_num < client_config.retries)) {
 					/* send request packet */
 					if (state == RENEW_REQUESTED)
 						send_renew(xid, server_addr, requested_ip); /* unicast */
