diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/Makefile b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/Makefile
index edd47594..cebac778 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/Makefile
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fff-babeld
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/fff-babeld
 
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
index 5eb679b8..3b2c7dac 100644
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-babeld/files/lib/functions/fff/babel
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ babel_add_peeraddr() {
 		# use ipaddr (without subnet) if no peer_ip set
 		uci add_list "$option"=$(echo $ipaddr | cut -d / -f1)
 	else
-		echo "FATAL: Neither peer_ip nor ipaddr set! No peering ipv4 set!"
+		echo "WARNING: Neither peer_ip nor ipaddr set! IPv4 routing is not possible."
 		return 1
 	fi