diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
index 486951646..b493c062f 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1980-omr-firewall
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 # Set REJECT as default rule if an interface is not in a zone
 uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
-	set firewall.@defaults[0].input='REJECT'
-	set firewall.@defaults[0].output='REJECT'
-	set firewall.@defaults[0].forward='REJECT'
+	set firewall.@defaults[0].input='ACCEPT'
+	set firewall.@defaults[0].output='ACCEPT'
+	set firewall.@defaults[0].forward='ACCEPT'
 	set firewall.@defaults[0].flow_offloading='0'
 	set firewall.@defaults[0].flow_offloading_hw='0'
 EOF