diff --git a/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath b/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
index d7fa77354..a44d7f24b 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
+++ b/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ else
 
         ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep -m 1 "dev $DEVICE" | awk '{print $3}')
         IFF=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep -m 1 "dev $DEVICE" | awk '{print $4}')
-        IP=$(ip a show $DEVICE | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p')
+        #IP=$(ip a show $DEVICE | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p')
+        [ -f /usr/bin/jsonfilter ] && IP=$(ip -j a show $DEVICE | jsonfilter -e '@[0].addr_info[*].local')
+        [ -f /usr/bin/jq ] && IP=$(ip -j a show $DEVICE | jq -r '.[0].addr_info[].local')
         [ -z "$ID" ] && [ -n "$IP" ] && ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep "$IP" | awk '{print $3}')
         RMID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep '::ffff' | awk '{ print $3 }')
         [ -n "$RMID" ] && ip mptcp endpoint delete id $RMID 2>&1 >/dev/null