diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
index fdb7998f3..242bd356b 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/init.d/openmptcprouter-vps
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ _vps_firewall_close_port() {
 
 _set_vps_firewall() {
 	servername=$1
+	[ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.${servername}.nofwredirect)" = "1" ] && return
 	[ -z "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.${servername}.username)" ] && return
 	[ -z "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.${servername}.password)" ] && return
 	[ -z "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.${servername}.port)" ] && return