diff --git a/macvlan/files/etc/init.d/macvlan b/macvlan/files/etc/init.d/macvlan
index b38597eff..a09988504 100755
--- a/macvlan/files/etc/init.d/macvlan
+++ b/macvlan/files/etc/init.d/macvlan
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ _save_macaddr() {
 	}
 	[ -z "$(uci -q get network.$1.macaddr)" ] && {
 		_ifname=$(uci -q get "network.$1.ifname")
-		[ -n "$_ifname" ] && {
+		[ -n "$_ifname" ] && [ -z "$(echo $_ifname | grep '\.')" ] && {
 			_macaddr=$(ip link show dev $_ifname 2>/dev/null | grep link | awk '{print $2}')
 			[ -n "$_macaddr" ] && {
 				uci -q set network.$1.macaddr=$_macaddr