diff --git a/networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c b/networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c
index c77669a31..12f8f1125 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c
@@ -793,7 +793,11 @@ static void perform_renew(void)
 static void perform_d6_release(struct in6_addr *server_ipv6, struct in6_addr *our_cur_ipv6)
 {
 	/* send release packet */
-	if (state == BOUND || state == RENEWING || state == REBINDING) {
+	if (state == BOUND
+	 || state == RENEWING
+	 || state == REBINDING
+	 || state == RENEW_REQUESTED
+	) {
 		bb_error_msg("unicasting a release");
 		send_d6_release(server_ipv6, our_cur_ipv6); /* unicast */
 		d6_run_script(NULL, "deconfig");
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
index fc7b6216d..e58acbaca 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,11 @@ static void perform_release(uint32_t server_addr, uint32_t requested_ip)
 	struct in_addr temp_addr;
 
 	/* send release packet */
-	if (state == BOUND || state == RENEWING || state == REBINDING) {
+	if (state == BOUND
+	 || state == RENEWING
+	 || state == REBINDING
+	 || state == RENEW_REQUESTED
+	) {
 		temp_addr.s_addr = server_addr;
 		strcpy(buffer, inet_ntoa(temp_addr));
 		temp_addr.s_addr = requested_ip;