diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
index cf6f7ae29..25b6e20b2 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
@@ -1193,12 +1193,12 @@ function interfaces_status()
 	    if connectivity ~= "ERROR" then
 		    if ifname ~= nil and ifname:match("^tun.*") and interface:match("^ovpn.*") then
 			    publicIP = uci:get("openmptcprouter",interface:sub(5),"publicip") or ""
-			    if ifname ~= nil and publicIP == "" and mArray.openmptcprouter["external_check"] ~= false then
+			    if ifname ~= nil and publicIP == "" and mArray.openmptcprouter["external_check"] ~= false and mArray.openmptcprouter["dns"] == true then
 				    publicIP = ut.trim(sys.exec("omr-ip-intf " .. get_device(interface:sub(5))))
 			    end
 		    else
 			    publicIP = uci:get("openmptcprouter",interface,"publicip") or ""
-			    if ifname ~= nil and publicIP == "" and mArray.openmptcprouter["external_check"] ~= false then
+			    if ifname ~= nil and publicIP == "" and mArray.openmptcprouter["external_check"] ~= false and mArray.openmptcprouter["dns"] == true then
 				    publicIP = ut.trim(sys.exec("omr-ip-intf " .. ifname))
 			    end
 		    end