diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index b8bce8fc0..1fb6407e4 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ interface_multipath_settings() {
 	[ "$(echo $iface | grep _dev)" != "" ] && return 0
 	[ "$(echo $iface | grep '^if')" != "" ] && return 0
 	[ "$iface" = "lo" ] && return 0
+	status=`ifstatus $config | jsonfilter -q -e "@.up" | tr -d "\n"`
+	[ "$status" = "false" ] && return 0
+
 	
 	#echo "îface: $iface"