diff --git a/components/service/network_manager/src/sl_net_for_lwip.c b/components/service/network_manager/src/sl_net_for_lwip.c
index e7e88bcaa5..222ed1fa9d 100644
--- a/components/service/network_manager/src/sl_net_for_lwip.c
+++ b/components/service/network_manager/src/sl_net_for_lwip.c
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ sl_status_t sl_net_wifi_client_init(sl_net_interface_t interface,
     return status;
   }
   wifi_client_context = context;
+#ifdef SLI_SI91X_MCU_INTERFACE
   tcpip_init(NULL, NULL);
+#endif // SLI_SI91X_MCU_INTERFACE
   sta_netif_config();
   return SL_STATUS_OK;
 }