From 04ec6c5677201b47e74049509487e61b13bef246 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jimmy Hedman <jimmy.hedman@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 04:32:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enable IPv6 when manual IPv4 is enabled (#7381)

---
 esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.cpp | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.cpp b/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.cpp
index 962a864a29..fdb6eb2da0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/ethernet/ethernet_component.cpp
@@ -472,13 +472,13 @@ void EthernetComponent::start_connect_() {
     if (err != ESP_ERR_ESP_NETIF_DHCP_ALREADY_STARTED) {
       ESPHL_ERROR_CHECK(err, "DHCPC start error");
     }
-#if USE_NETWORK_IPV6
-    err = esp_netif_create_ip6_linklocal(this->eth_netif_);
-    if (err != ESP_OK) {
-      ESPHL_ERROR_CHECK(err, "Enable IPv6 link local failed");
-    }
-#endif /* USE_NETWORK_IPV6 */
   }
+#if USE_NETWORK_IPV6
+  err = esp_netif_create_ip6_linklocal(this->eth_netif_);
+  if (err != ESP_OK) {
+    ESPHL_ERROR_CHECK(err, "Enable IPv6 link local failed");
+  }
+#endif /* USE_NETWORK_IPV6 */
 
   this->connect_begin_ = millis();
   this->status_set_warning();