diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index 5387cd9df5..b75b71b16d 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.0.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.0.2
 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 0e4c8ee388..1e9599e958 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		mwan3_create_iface_rules $INTERFACE $DEVICE
 		mwan3_create_iface_iptables $INTERFACE $DEVICE
 		mwan3_create_iface_route $INTERFACE $DEVICE
+		mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state $INTERFACE "online"
 		mwan3_track $INTERFACE $DEVICE
 		mwan3_set_policies_iptables
 		mwan3_set_user_rules
 	;;
 	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_set_policies_iptables
 		mwan3_set_user_rules
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
index 2bba6f9a32..f7baccd3e1 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ IPT4="/usr/sbin/iptables -t mangle -w"
 IPT6="/usr/sbin/ip6tables -t mangle -w"
 LOG="/usr/bin/logger -t mwan3 -p"
 
+MWAN3_STATUS_DIR="/var/run/mwan3"
+
+[ -d $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR ] || mkdir -p $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR/iface_state
+
 mwan3_lock() {
 	lock /var/run/mwan3.lock
 }
@@ -415,7 +419,7 @@ 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
@@ -448,7 +452,7 @@ 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
@@ -679,6 +683,19 @@ 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
@@ -700,16 +717,14 @@ 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/sbin/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
index b3285b6f66..3355a0f07a 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/sbin/mwan3
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ ifdown()
 		kill $(cat /var/run/mwan3track-$1.pid)
 		rm /var/run/mwan3track-$1.pid
 	fi
-	mwan3_delete_iface_iptables $1
 }
 
 ifup()
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ stop()
 	done
 
 	mwan3_lock_clean
+	rm -rf $MWAN3_STATUS_DIR
 }
 
 restart() {