diff -ruN e-smith-base-5.4.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm e-smith-base-5.4.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm
--- e-smith-base-5.4.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2013-03-16 21:39:42.000000000 -0700
+++ e-smith-base-5.4.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/console/configure.pm	2013-03-16 21:41:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -1564,9 +1564,11 @@
     {
         my (undef, $driver1, undef, undef) = split (/\s+/, $adapters[0], 4);
         my (undef, $driver2, undef, undef) = split (/\s+/, $adapters[1], 4);
+        my $val = $db->get_prop('InternalInterface', 'NICBonding');
+        if (!defined $val){$db->set_prop('InternalInterface', 'NICBonding', 'disabled');}
+        $val ||= 'disabled';
         if($driver1 eq $driver2)
-        {
-	    my $val = $db->get_prop('InternalInterface', 'NICBonding') || 'disabled';
+        {	    
             my @args = (
                     gettext("enabled"), gettext("Enable NIC bonding"),
                     gettext("disabled"), gettext("Disable NIC bonding")
@@ -1575,7 +1577,7 @@
             ($rc, $choice) = $console->menu_page
                 (
                 title => gettext("NIC Bonding"),
-		default => gettext($val),
+		      default => gettext($val),
                 text  =>
                 gettext("You have more than one network adapter. Would you like to bond them together into a single interface? This can provide greater throughput and/or failure resiliency, depending on your adapters and network configuration."),
                 argsref => \@args