diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 4342e2732..09a99bf73 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	else
 		metric="$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.${config}.metric)"
 	fi
+	if [ "${config}" = "lan" ] || [ "$(uci -q get network.${config}.ip4table)" = "lan" ]; then
+		metric="9999"
+	fi
 	config_set "$config" metric $metric
 	uci -q set network.${config}.metric=$metric
 	uci -q set openmptcprouter.${config}.metric=$metric