diff --git a/src/initscripts/networking/any b/src/initscripts/networking/any
index dc4796e91..6dba5bef9 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/networking/any
+++ b/src/initscripts/networking/any
@@ -21,23 +21,44 @@
 
 . /etc/sysconfig/rc
 . ${rc_functions}
+. /etc/init.d/networking/functions.network
+
 eval $(/usr/local/bin/readhash /var/ipfire/ethernet/settings)
 
-if [ "$(basename $0)" == "green" ]; then
+ZONE="$(basename $0)"
+
+
+if [ "${ZONE}" == "green" ]; then
+	if ! is_green_used; then
+		boot_mesg "Green zone is not configured. No action can be taken on this zone." ${FAILURE}
+		echo_failure
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
 	DEVICE="${GREEN_DEV}"
 	ADDRESS="${GREEN_ADDRESS}"
 	NETADDRESS="${GREEN_NETADDRESS}"
 	NETMASK="${GREEN_NETMASK}"
 	DEVICE="${GREEN_DEV}"
 	MTU="${GREEN_MTU}"
-elif [ "$(basename $0)" == "blue" ]; then
+elif [ "${ZONE}" == "blue" ]; then
+	if ! is_blue_used; then
+		boot_mesg "Blue zone is not configured. No action can be taken on this zone." ${FAILURE}
+		echo_failure
+		exit 1
+	fi
 	DEVICE="${BLUE_DEV}"
 	ADDRESS="${BLUE_ADDRESS}"
 	NETADDRESS="${BLUE_NETADDRESS}"
 	NETMASK="${BLUE_NETMASK}"
 	DEVICE="${BLUE_DEV}"
 	MTU="${BLUE_MTU}"
-elif [ "$(basename $0)" == "orange" ]; then
+elif [ "${ZONE}" == "orange" ]; then
+	if ! is_orange_used; then
+		boot_mesg "Orange zone is not configured. No action can be taken on this zone." ${FAILURE}
+		echo_failure
+		exit 1
+	fi
 	DEVICE="${ORANGE_DEV}"
 	ADDRESS="${ORANGE_ADDRESS}"
 	NETADDRESS="${ORANGE_NETADDRESS}"
diff --git a/src/initscripts/networking/functions.network b/src/initscripts/networking/functions.network
index 4c7ad51d4..9cc4da24b 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/networking/functions.network
+++ b/src/initscripts/networking/functions.network
@@ -285,3 +285,15 @@ qmi_assign_address() {
 	# Change the MAC address
 	ip link set "${intf}" address "${address}"
 }
+
+is_blue_used() {
+	[ "${CONFIG_TYPE}" = "3" ] || [ "${CONFIG_TYPE}" = "4" ]
+}
+
+is_green_used() {
+	[ -n "${GREEN_DEV}" ] && [ -v "GREEN_DEV" ]
+}
+
+is_orange_used() {
+	[ "${CONFIG_TYPE}" = "2" ] || [ "${CONFIG_TYPE}" = "4" ]
+}
diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/network b/src/initscripts/system/network
index 0d63b4e8b..fda16919d 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/network
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/network
@@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ case "${DO}" in
 		[ "$green" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/green start
 
 		# BLUE
-		[ "$blue" == "1" ] && [ "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "3" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "4" ] && \
-			/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/blue start
+		[ "$blue" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/blue start
 
 		# ORANGE
-		[ "$orange" == "1" ] && [ "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "2" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "4" ] && \
-			/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/orange start
+		[ "$orange" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/orange start
 
 		# RED
 		if [ "$red" == "1" ]; then
@@ -87,18 +85,14 @@ case "${DO}" in
 		[ "$green" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/green stop
 
 		# BLUE
-		[ "$blue" == "1" ] && [ "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "3" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "4" ] && \
-			/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/blue stop
+		[ "$blue" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/blue stop
 
 		# ORANGE
-		[ "$orange" == "1" ] && [ "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "2" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "4" ] && \
-			/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/orange stop
+		[ "$orange" == "1" ] && /etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/orange stop
 
 		# RED
 		if [ "$red" == "1" ]; then
-			if [ "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "1" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "2" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "3" -o "$CONFIG_TYPE" = "4" ]; then
-				/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/red stop
-			fi
+			/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking/red stop
 		fi
 
 		exit 0