diff --git a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh b/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

index 6b3194bd..57e8777a 100644

--- a/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

+++ b/usr/share/rear/rescue/GNU/Linux/310_network_devices.sh

@@ -562,7 +562,12 @@ function handle_team () {

     local network_interface=$1

     local sysfspath=/sys/class/net/$network_interface

-    if [ "$( ethtool -i $network_interface | awk '$1 == "driver:" { print $2 }' )" != "team" ] ; then

+    if has_binary ethtool ; then

+        if [ "$( ethtool -i $network_interface | awk '$1 == "driver:" { print $2 }' )" != "team" ] ; then

+            return $rc_error

+        fi

+    else

+        LogPrintError "Couldn't determine if network interface '$network_interface' is a Team, skipping."

         return $rc_error

     fi

@@ -854,10 +859,17 @@ function handle_physdev () {

     DebugPrint "$network_interface is a physical device"

-    if [ -e $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr ] ; then

-        mac="$( cat $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr )"

-    else

-        mac="$( cat $sysfspath/address )" || BugError "Could not read a MAC address for '$network_interface'."

+    local mac=""

+

+    if has_binary ethtool ; then

+        mac="$( ethtool -P $network_interface 2>/dev/null | awk '{ print $NF }' )"

+    fi

+    if [ -z "$mac" ] ; then

+        if [ -e $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr ] ; then

+            mac="$( cat $sysfspath/bonding_slave/perm_hwaddr )"

+        else

+            mac="$( cat $sysfspath/address )" || BugError "Could not read a MAC address for '$network_interface'."

+        fi

     fi

     # Skip fake interfaces without MAC address

     [ "$mac" != "00:00:00:00:00:00" ] || return $rc_error