diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
index 59bad73ca..2c8a1231c 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ _setup_macvlan() {
 	set network.$1.type=macvlan
 	set network.$1.masterintf=$_ifname
 	set macvlan.$1=macvlan
+	set macvlan.$1.name=$1
 	set macvlan.$1.ifname=$_ifname
 	EOF
 	_macaddr=$(uci -q get "network.$1.macaddr")