diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
index c699b257e..c3714a55b 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1920-omr-network
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ _fix_metrics() {
 config_load openmptcprouter
 config_foreach _fix_metrics interface
 
+if [ -z "$(uci -q get network.globals.packet_steering)" ]; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF
+		set network.globals.packet_steering="0"
+		commit network
+	EOF
+fi
+
 if [ "$(uci -q show network.lan | grep multipath)" != "" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi