diff --git a/luci-app-macvlan/files/root/etc/init.d/macvlan b/luci-app-macvlan/files/root/etc/init.d/macvlan
index 4cebcaeef..fcecf3ac8 100755
--- a/luci-app-macvlan/files/root/etc/init.d/macvlan
+++ b/luci-app-macvlan/files/root/etc/init.d/macvlan
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ _setup_interface() {
 			logger -t "macvlan" "Remove network.$1_dev"
 			uci -q batch <<-EOF
 			delete network.$1_dev
+			set network.$1.ifname=$(uci -q get network.$1.masterintf)
+			delete network.$1.masterintf
 			EOF
 		}
 		[ "$_type" = "macvlan" ] && {