diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 1460b8f91..0535336da 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 
 	config_get enabled "$config" auto "1"
 	config_get iface "$config" ifname
-	count=$(($count+1))
 	[ -z "$iface" ] && iface=$(ifstatus "$config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
 
 	[ "$enabled" = "0" ] && return 0
 
+	count=$(($count+1))
 	id=$count
 	[ -n "$intf" ] && [ "$iface" != "$intf" ] && return 0
 	[ -z "$iface" ] && return 0
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	ip rule del table $id > /dev/null 2>&1
 	ip route flush $id > /dev/null 2>&1
 	if [ -n "$gateway" ] && [ -n "$network" ]; then
-		ip rule add from $ipaddr iif $iface oif $iface table $id pref 0
+		ip rule add from $ipaddr iif $iface oif $iface table $id
 		ip route replace $network/$netmask dev $iface scope link table $id
 		ip route replace default via $gateway dev $iface table $id
 		ip route flush $id
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 		ip -6 rule del table 6$id > /dev/null 2>&1
 		ip -6 route flush 6$id > /dev/null 2>&1
 		if [ -n "$ip6addr" ] && [ -n "$gateway6" ] && [ -n "$network6" ]; then
-			ip -6 rule add from $ip6addr iif $iface oif $iface table 6$id pref 0
+			ip -6 rule add from $ip6addr iif $iface oif $iface table 6$id
 			ip -6 route replace $network6/$netmask6 dev $iface scope link table 6$id
 			ip -6 route replace default via $gateway6 dev $iface table 6$id
 			ip -6 route flush 6$id