diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index addae7e54..a4b23d37a 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.4
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
index 83b5f70e0..dfeff7daa 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
@@ -65,21 +65,23 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		mwan3_set_general_rules
 		mwan3_set_general_iptables
 		mwan3_create_iface_iptables $INTERFACE $DEVICE
+		mwan3_create_iface_rules $INTERFACE $DEVICE
+		mwan3_create_iface_route $INTERFACE $DEVICE
 		if [ ${running} -eq 1 -a "${status}" = "online" ]; then
-			mwan3_create_iface_rules $INTERFACE $DEVICE
-			mwan3_create_iface_route $INTERFACE $DEVICE
+			$LOG notice "Starting tracker on interface $INTERFACE (${DEVICE:-unknown})"
+			mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state $INTERFACE "online"
 			mwan3_track $INTERFACE $DEVICE "online" "$src_ip"
 			mwan3_set_policies_iptables
 			mwan3_set_user_rules
 			mwan3_flush_conntrack $INTERFACE $DEVICE "ifup"
 		else
 			$LOG notice "Starting tracker on interface $INTERFACE (${DEVICE:-unknown})"
+			mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state $INTERFACE "offline"
 			mwan3_track $INTERFACE $DEVICE "offline" "$src_ip"
 		fi
 	;;
 	ifdown)
-		mwan3_delete_iface_rules $INTERFACE
-		mwan3_delete_iface_route $INTERFACE
+		mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state $INTERFACE "offline"
 		mwan3_delete_iface_ipset_entries $INTERFACE
 		mwan3_track_signal $INTERFACE $DEVICE
 		mwan3_set_policies_iptables
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
index 0ff91d1b7..06d8ee3f2 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ IPT6="ip6tables -t mangle -w"
 LOG="logger -t mwan3[$$] -p"
 CONNTRACK_FILE="/proc/net/nf_conntrack"
 
-MWAN3_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3track"
+MWAN3_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3"
+MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3track"
 
+[ -d $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR ] || mkdir -p $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/iface_state
 # mwan3's MARKing mask (at least 3 bits should be set)
 if [ -e "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}/mmx_mask" ]; then
 	MMX_MASK=$(cat "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}/mmx_mask")
 else
 	config_load mwan3
 	config_get MMX_MASK globals mmx_mask '0xff00'
-	mkdir -p "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}"
 	echo "$MMX_MASK" > "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}/mmx_mask"
 	$LOG notice "Using firewall mask ${MMX_MASK}"
 fi
@@ -499,7 +500,7 @@ mwan3_set_policy()
 
 	if [ "$family" == "ipv4" ]; then
 
-		if [ -n "$($IP4 route list table $id)" ]; then
+		if [ "$(mwan3_get_iface_hotplug_state $iface)" = "online" ]; then
 			if [ "$metric" -lt "$lowest_metric_v4" ]; then
 
 				total_weight_v4=$weight
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ mwan3_set_policy()
 
 	if [ "$family" == "ipv6" ]; then
 
-		if [ -n "$($IP6 route list table $id)" ]; then
+		if [ "$(mwan3_get_iface_hotplug_state $iface)" = "online" ]; then
 			if [ "$metric" -lt "$lowest_metric_v6" ]; then
 
 				total_weight_v6=$weight
@@ -763,6 +764,19 @@ mwan3_set_user_rules()
 	config_foreach mwan3_set_user_iptables_rule rule
 }
 
+mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state() {
+	local iface=$1
+	local state=$2
+
+	echo -n $state > $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/iface_state/$iface
+}
+
+mwan3_get_iface_hotplug_state() {
+	local iface=$1
+
+	cat $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/iface_state/$iface 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown"
+}
+
 mwan3_report_iface_status()
 {
 	local device result track_ips tracking IP IPT
@@ -784,16 +798,14 @@ mwan3_report_iface_status()
 
 	if [ -z "$id" -o -z "$device" ]; then
 		result="unknown"
-	elif [ -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+1000)):'"')"i -a -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+2000)):'"')" -a -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_in_$1 2> /dev/null)" -a -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_out_$1 2> /dev/null)" -a -n "$($IP route list table $id default dev $device 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
-		result="online"
+	elif [ -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+1000)):'"')" -a -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+2000)):'"')" -a -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_in_$1 2> /dev/null)" -a -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_out_$1 2> /dev/null)" -a -n "$($IP route list table $id default dev $device 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+		result="$(mwan3_get_iface_hotplug_state $1)"
 	elif [ -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+1000)):'"')" -o -n "$($IP rule | awk '$1 == "'$(($id+2000)):'"')" -o -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_in_$1 2> /dev/null)" -o -n "$($IPT -S mwan3_iface_out_$1 2> /dev/null)" -o -n "$($IP route list table $id default dev $device 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
 		result="error"
+	elif [ "$enabled" == "1" ]; then
+		result="offline"
 	else
-		if [ "$enabled" == "1" ]; then
-			result="offline"
-		else
-			result="disabled"
-		fi
+		result="disabled"
 	fi
 
 	mwan3_list_track_ips()
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
index 8b7b14ea6..122426f66 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 . /lib/functions/network.sh
 . /usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh
 
-MWAN3_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3track"
+MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3track"
 
 IPS="ipset"
 IPT4="iptables -t mangle -w"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ get_mwan3_status() {
 			running="1"
 		fi
 
-		time_p="$(cat "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/TIME")"
+		time_p="$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/TIME")"
 		[ -z "${time_p}" ] || {
 			time_n="$(date +'%s')"
 			let age=time_n-time_p
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ get_mwan3_status() {
 
 		json_add_object "${iface}"
 		json_add_int age "$age"
-		json_add_int "score" "$(cat "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/SCORE")"
-		json_add_int "lost" "$(cat "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/LOST")"
-		json_add_int "turn" "$(cat "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/TURN")"
-		json_add_string "status" "$(cat "$MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS")"
+		json_add_int "score" "$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/SCORE")"
+		json_add_int "lost" "$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/LOST")"
+		json_add_int "turn" "$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/TURN")"
+		json_add_string "status" "$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS")"
 		json_add_boolean "running" "${running}"
 		json_add_array "track_ip"
-		for file in $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/*; do
+		for file in $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/*; do
 			track="${file#*/TRACK_}"
 			if [ "${track}" != "${file}" ]; then
 				json_add_object
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index b323b8aae..38e80a083 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ ifdown()
 	ACTION=ifdown INTERFACE=$1 /sbin/hotplug-call iface
 
 	kill $(pgrep -f "mwan3track $1 $2") &> /dev/null
-	mwan3_delete_iface_iptables $1
 	mwan3_track_clean $1
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ stop()
 	done
 
 	mwan3_lock_clean
-	rm -rf "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}/mmx_mask"
+	rm -rf $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR $MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR
 }
 
 restart() {