diff --git a/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile b/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
index 9945b8fa01..f86539a0ce 100644
--- a/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/mini_snmpd/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mini_snmpd
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4-rc1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Luke McKee <hojuruku@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
index 442e350af3..0fb63d4d8f 100644
--- a/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
+++ b/net/mini_snmpd/files/mini_snmpd.init
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ append_interface() {
 	local name="$1" netdev netdev_count
 	[ -z $netdev_count ] && netdev_count=0
 	# for the purposes of snmp monitoring it doesn't need to be up, it just needs to exist in /proc/net/dev
-	netdev=$(ubus -S call network.interface dump|jsonfilter -e "@.interface[@.interface=\"$name\"].device")  
+	netdev=$(ubus -S call network.interface dump|jsonfilter -e "@.interface[@.interface=\"$name\"].l3_device")  
 	if [ -n "$netdev" ] && grep -qF "$netdev" /proc/net/dev ]; then 
 		[ $netdev_count -ge 4 ] && {
 			_err "$cfg: too many network interfaces configured, ignoring $name"