diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2040-omr-sqm b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2040-omr-sqm
index 1054b39b9..ace19d8a4 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2040-omr-sqm
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/2040-omr-sqm
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get sqm.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 	EOF
 fi
 
+sed -i 's/SQM_SYSLOG=1/SQM_SYSLOG=0/g' /etc/sqm/sqm.conf
+
 rm -f /tmp/luci-indexcache
 
 exit 0