--- /dev/null
+diff -up dhcp-4.2.0/common/discover.c.noipv6 dhcp-4.2.0/common/discover.c
+--- dhcp-4.2.0/common/discover.c.noipv6 2010-07-21 14:31:13.000000000 +0200
++++ dhcp-4.2.0/common/discover.c 2010-07-21 16:04:57.000000000 +0200
+@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ begin_iface_scan(struct iface_conf_list
+ }
+
+ #ifdef DHCPv6
+- if (local_family == AF_INET6) {
++ if ((local_family == AF_INET6) && !access("/proc/net/if_inet6", R_OK)) {
+ ifaces->fp6 = fopen("/proc/net/if_inet6", "re");
+ if (ifaces->fp6 == NULL) {
+ log_error("Error opening '/proc/net/if_inet6' to "
+@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ begin_iface_scan(struct iface_conf_list
+ ifaces->fp = NULL;
+ return 0;
+ }
++ } else {
++ ifaces->fp6 = NULL;
+ }
+ #endif
+
+@@ -721,7 +723,7 @@ next_iface(struct iface_info *info, int
+ return 1;
+ }
+ #ifdef DHCPv6
+- if (!(*err)) {
++ if (!(*err) && ifaces->fp6) {
+ if (local_family == AF_INET6)
+ return next_iface6(info, err, ifaces);
+ }
+@@ -740,7 +742,8 @@ end_iface_scan(struct iface_conf_list *i
+ ifaces->sock = -1;
+ #ifdef DHCPv6
+ if (local_family == AF_INET6) {
+- fclose(ifaces->fp6);
++ if (ifaces->fp6)
++ fclose(ifaces->fp6);
+ ifaces->fp6 = NULL;
+ }
+ #endif