diff --git a/netbpfload/NetBpfLoad.cpp b/netbpfload/NetBpfLoad.cpp
index 196b687..9651a3b 100644
--- a/netbpfload/NetBpfLoad.cpp
+++ b/netbpfload/NetBpfLoad.cpp
@@ -261,9 +261,10 @@
         // Tethering apex shipped initrc file causes us to reach here
         // but we're not ready to correctly handle anything before U QPR2
         // in which the 'bpfloader' vs 'netbpfload' split happened
-        const char * args[] = { platformBpfLoader, NULL, };
-        execve(args[0], (char**)args, envp);
-        ALOGE("exec '%s' fail: %d[%s]", platformBpfLoader, errno, strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (!isAtLeastT) {
+        ALOGE("Impossible - not reachable on Android <T.");
         return 1;
     }