diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 51b43f14b..11659437b 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ service_triggers() {
 		[ -z "$iface" ] && network_get_physdev iface "$n"
 		[ -z "$iface" ] && iface=$(ifstatus "$n" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
 		[ -z "$iface" ] && config_get iface "$n" ifname
+		[ -z "$iface" ] && continue
 		procd_add_reload_interface_trigger "$n"
 		procd_add_interface_trigger "interface.*" "$n" /etc/init.d/mptcp reload "$iface"
 	done