diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
index 3093b0f42..d36eeb584 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openvpnbonding
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@ start_service()
 			set network.omrvpn.use_carrier='1'
 			set network.omrvpn.mtu='1440'
 			set network.omrvpn.ifname= 'bonding-omrvpn'
+			set network.omrvpn.force_link='1'
 			commit network
 		EOF
+		if [ "$(ip link show bonding-omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
+			/etc/init.d/network restart
+			sleep 10
+		fi
 		config_load openmptcprouter
 		config_foreach _openvpnbonding interface
 		ip link set bonding-omrvpn up