diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index d5dcf5f90..d3f6e1072 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	#echo "îface: $iface"
 	
 	if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.force_multipath)" != "0" ]; then
+		_logger -t "MPTCP" "Set $iface to $mode"
 		if [ "$mode" = "master" ]; then
-		multipath "$iface" "on"
+			multipath "$iface" "on"
 		else
 			multipath "$iface" "$mode"
 		fi
@@ -428,7 +429,8 @@ set_multipath() {
 				exist=1
 			fi
 		done
-		[ "$exist" = "0" ] && {
+		[ "$exist" = "0" ] && [ -z "$(multipath $iface | grep deactivated)" ] && {
+			logger -t "MPTCP" "Disabling MPTCP on interface $iface not found in enabled multipath list"
 			multipath $iface off
 		}
 	done