diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 9dda80bbb..ad891efd9 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	local mode iface
 	local config="$1"
 	local intf="$2"
+	local enabled
+	
+	config_get enabled "$config" auto "1"
+	[ "$enabled" = "0" ] && return 0
 
 	config_get iface "$config" ifname
 	[ -z "$iface" ] && iface=$(ifstatus "$config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
@@ -87,6 +91,8 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	ip route flush $id
 
 	config_get mode "$config" multipath "off"
+	local enabled
+	config_get enabled "$config" auto "1"
 	[ "$mode" = "master" ] && {
 		ip route replace default via $gateway dev $iface
 	}