diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/hotplug.d/net/99-omr-rename b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/hotplug.d/net/99-omr-rename
index fc95c7274..f2c19dc55 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/hotplug.d/net/99-omr-rename
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/hotplug.d/net/99-omr-rename
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 [ -n "${DEVPATH}" ] || exit
 
 . /lib/functions.sh
-uci set openmptcprouter.settings.disableintfrename=1
 
 _set_intf_name() {
 	local intfname=$1
diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
index 24cbccb20..f20f9ef1e 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+uci set openmptcprouter.settings.disableintfrename=1
 uci -q batch <<-EOF
     delete ucitrack.@openmptcprouter[-1]
     add ucitrack openmptcprouter