diff --git a/mptcp/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status b/mptcp/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
index 3d3f28e35..a73ac1069 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
+++ b/mptcp/files/usr/share/omr/post-tracking.d/020-status
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ if [ -n "$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE" ] && ([ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRAC
 			}
 		fi
 		[ -n "$ipaddr" ] && [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE.publicip)" != "$ipaddr" ] && {
-			_log "New public ip detected for $OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE ($OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE): $ipaddr (previous: $(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE.publicip))"
+			previousip="$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE.publicip)"
+			if [ -n "$previousip" ]; then
+				_log "New public ip detected for $OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE ($OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE): $ipaddr (previous: $(uci -q get openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE.publicip))"
+			else
+				_log "New public ip detected for $OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE ($OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE): $ipaddr (First public IP detected)"
+			fi
 			uci -q set openmptcprouter.$OMR_TRACKER_INTERFACE.publicip="$ipaddr"
 			/etc/init.d/mptcp enabled && {
 				_log "Reload MPTCP for $OMR_TRACKER_DEVICE"