diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 7ce9384d4..e6450acfd 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -52,7 +52,15 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	id=$count
 	config_set "$config" metric $count
 	uci -q set network.${config}.metric=$count
-	config_get mode "$config" multipath "off"
+	config_get mode "$config" multipath
+	[ "$mode" = "" ] && {
+		[ "$config" = "lan" ] && mode="off"
+		[ "$config" = "omrvpn" ] && mode="off"
+		[ "$config" = "omr6in4" ] && mode="off"
+		[ "$mode" = "" ] && mode="on"
+		logger -t "MPTCP" "Multipath not defined for $config set to $mode"
+		uci -q set network.${config}.multipath="$mode"
+	}
 	[ "$mode" != "off" ] && {
 		[ -n "$mptcpintf" ] && mptcpintf="$mptcpintf $iface"
 		[ -z "$mptcpintf" ] && mptcpintf="$iface"