diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 4ba3a05c4..d370e7bb1 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	[ -z "$iface" ] && return 0
 	#[ "$config" = "omrvpn" ] && return 0
 	[ "$config" = "omrvpn" ] && mode="off"
-	[ -n "$(ifconfig | grep $iface)" ] || return 0
+	#[ -n "$(ifconfig | grep $iface)" ] || return 0
+	[ -n "$(ip link show dev $iface)" ] || return 0
 	[ "$(echo $iface | grep _dev)" != "" ] && return 0
 	[ "$(echo $iface | grep '^if')" != "" ] && return 0
 	[ "$iface" = "lo" ] && return 0
@@ -328,9 +329,11 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 		#	ip route replace default via $gateway dev $iface >/dev/null 2>&1
 		#}
 		if [ "$txqueuelen" != "" ]; then
-			ifconfig $iface txqueuelen $txqueuelen > /dev/null 2>&1
+			#ifconfig $iface txqueuelen $txqueuelen > /dev/null 2>&1
+			ip link set dev $iface txqueuelen $txqueuelen > /dev/null 2>&1
 		else
-			ifconfig $iface txqueuelen 1000 > /dev/null 2>&1
+			#ifconfig $iface txqueuelen 1000 > /dev/null 2>&1
+			ip link set dev $iface txqueuelen 1000 > /dev/null 2>&1
 		fi
 	fi
 	if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.disable_ipv6)" != "1" ] && [ "$config" != "omr6in4" ]; then