--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 static int dhcp_up(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
 {
 	if (execable("/sbin/udhcpc")) {
-		return( execute("udhcpc -n -p /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid -i "
+		return( execute("udhcpc -b -p /var/run/udhcpc.%iface%.pid -i "
 					"%iface% [[-H %hostname%]] [[-c %clientid%]]", ifd, exec));
 	} else if (execable("/sbin/pump")) {
 		return( execute("pump -i %iface% [[-h %hostname%]] [[-l %leasehours%]]", ifd, exec));
--- a/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
 	state = INIT_SELECTING;
 	run_script(NULL, "deconfig");
 	change_mode(LISTEN_RAW);
+	xid = random_xid();
 
 	for (;;) {
 
@@ -315,27 +316,26 @@
 			/* timeout dropped to zero */
 			switch (state) {
 			case INIT_SELECTING:
+				if(client_config.background_if_no_lease)
+				{
+					LOG(LOG_INFO, "Backgrounding");
+					client_background();
+				}
 				if (packet_num < 3) {
-					if (packet_num == 0)
-						xid = random_xid();
-
 					/* send discover packet */
 					send_discover(xid, requested_ip); /* broadcast */
 
-					timeout = now + ((packet_num == 2) ? 4 : 2);
+					timeout = now + 2;
 					packet_num++;
 				} else {
 					run_script(NULL, "leasefail");
-					if (client_config.background_if_no_lease) {
-						LOG(LOG_INFO, "No lease, forking to background.");
-						client_background();
-					} else if (client_config.abort_if_no_lease) {
+					if (client_config.abort_if_no_lease) {
 						LOG(LOG_INFO, "No lease, failing.");
 						return 1;
 				  	}
 					/* wait to try again */
 					packet_num = 0;
-					timeout = now + 60;
+					timeout = now + 2;
 				}
 				break;
 			case RENEW_REQUESTED: