diff --git a/board/qca/arm/common/cmd_bootqca.c b/board/qca/arm/common/cmd_bootqca.c
index 6c350368b5..1b62e5c3dc 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/common/cmd_bootqca.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/common/cmd_bootqca.c
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static int do_bootipq(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (ret == CMD_RET_FAILURE) {
-#ifndef CONFIG_IPQ5332
+#if !defined(CONFIG_IPQ5332) && !defined(CONFIG_IPQ9574)
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPQ_ETH_INIT_DEFER
 		puts("\nNet:   ");
 		eth_initialize();