diff --git a/agent/distro/ubuntu/SYSCONFDIR/init.d/cloud-agent.in b/agent/distro/ubuntu/SYSCONFDIR/init.d/cloud-agent.in
index 0c09f1e3b94..099df35c43a 100755
--- a/agent/distro/ubuntu/SYSCONFDIR/init.d/cloud-agent.in
+++ b/agent/distro/ubuntu/SYSCONFDIR/init.d/cloud-agent.in
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ wait_for_network() {
         if ip addr show cloudbr0 |grep -w inet > /dev/null 2>&1; then
             break
         else
+            sleep 1
+            let i=$i+1
             continue
         fi
-        sleep 1
-        let i=$i+1
     done
 }