Index: sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
===================================================================
--- sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
+++ sys/boot/common/dev_net.c
@@ -334,9 +334,7 @@
 		return (EIO);
 	}
 exit:
-	netproto = NET_TFTP;
 	if ((rootaddr = net_parse_rootpath()) != INADDR_NONE) {
-		netproto = NET_NFS;
 		rootip.s_addr = rootaddr;
 	}
 
@@ -387,14 +385,25 @@
 uint32_t
 net_parse_rootpath()
 {
-	n_long addr = INADDR_NONE;
-        char *ptr;
+	n_long addr;
+	char *ptr, *val;
+
+	addr = INADDR_NONE;
+	netproto = NET_NFS;
+	ptr = rootpath;
+
+	if (strncmp(rootpath, "tftp://", strlen("tftp://")) == 0) {
+		netproto = NET_TFTP;
+		ptr = rootpath + strlen("tftp://");
+	} else if (strncmp(rootpath, "nfs://", strlen("nfs://")) == 0) {
+		netproto = NET_NFS;
+		ptr = rootpath + strlen("nfs://");
+	}
 
-        ptr = rootpath;
-        (void)strsep(&ptr, ":");
-        if (ptr != NULL) {
-                addr = inet_addr(rootpath);
-                bcopy(ptr, rootpath, strlen(ptr)+1);
+	val = strsep(&ptr, ":");
+	if (ptr != NULL) {
+		addr = inet_addr(val);
+		bcopy(ptr, rootpath, strlen(ptr) + 1);
 	}
 
 	return (addr);