diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index a4d83ea99..bb5297dc7 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	local enabled
 
 	config_get enabled "$config" auto "1"
-	iface=$(ifstatus "$config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
+	network_get_device iface $config
+	[ -z "$iface" ] && network_get_physdev iface $config
+	[ -z "$iface" ] && iface=$(ifstatus "$config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["l3_device"]')
 	[ -z "$iface" ] && config_get iface "$config" ifname
 	config_get txqueuelen "$config" txqueuelen
 	[ -n "$(echo $iface | grep '@')" ] && iface=$(ifstatus "$config" | jsonfilter -q -e '@["device"]')
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 		config_get gateway $config gateway
 		config_get netmask $config netmask
 		[ -n "$ipaddr" ] && [ -n "$netmask" ] && netmask=`ipcalc.sh $ipaddr $netmask | sed -n '/PREFIX=/{;s/.*=//;s/ .*//;p;}'`
-		[ -n "$îpaddr" ] && [ -n "$netmask" ] && network=`ipcalc.sh $ipaddr $netmask | sed -n '/NETWORK=/{;s/.*=//;s/ .*//;p;}'`
+		[ -n "$ipaddr" ] && [ -n "$netmask" ] && network=`ipcalc.sh $ipaddr $netmask | sed -n '/NETWORK=/{;s/.*=//;s/ .*//;p;}'`
 	elif [ "$proto" != "gre" ]; then
 		network_get_ipaddr ipaddr $config
 		[ -z "$ipaddr" ] && ipaddr=$(ip -4 addr show dev $iface | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1 | tr -d "\n")