1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
index 6e4aa6ac2bf4..e03a54d243f9 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		ifname = *argv;
 		argc--, argv++;
 
+		/* check and maybe load support for this interface */
+		ifmaybeload(ifname);
+
 		ifindex = if_nametoindex(ifname);
 		if (ifindex == 0) {
 			/*
@@ -241,7 +244,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				if (iflen >= sizeof(name))
 					errx(1, "%s: cloning name too long",
 					    ifname);
-				ifmaybeload(ifname);
 				ifconfig(argc, argv, NULL);
 				exit(0);
 			}