diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ipneigh.c b/networking/libiproute/ipneigh.c
index 151d3d1..d2028b7 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ipneigh.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ipneigh.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 typedef struct filter_t filter_t;
 
 #define G_filter (*(filter_t*)bb_common_bufsiz1)
+#define INIT_G() do { setup_common_bufsiz(); } while (0)
 
 static int flush_update(void)
 {
@@ -339,6 +340,8 @@
 		/*0-1*/	"show\0"  "flush\0";
 	int command_num;
 
+	INIT_G();
+
 	if (!*argv)
 		return ipneigh_list_or_flush(argv, 0);