diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 5946323d0..9c2cad231 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ int ifupdown_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 			llist_t *state_list = read_iface_state();
 			llist_t *iface_state = find_iface_state(state_list, iface);
 
-			if (cmds == iface_up) {
+			if (cmds == iface_up && !any_failures) {
 				char * const newiface = xasprintf("%s=%s", iface, liface);
 				if (iface_state == NULL) {
 					llist_add_to_end(&state_list, newiface);