diff --git a/init.d/net-online.in b/init.d/net-online.in
index 1175f29c..484fe87d 100644
--- a/init.d/net-online.in
+++ b/init.d/net-online.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ get_interfaces()
 {
 	local ifname iftype
 	for ifname in /sys/class/net/*; do
+		[ -h "${ifname}" ] && continue
 		read iftype < ${ifname}/type
 		[ "$iftype" = "1" ] && printf "%s " ${ifname##*/}
 	done