diff --git a/scripts/feeds b/scripts/feeds
index eee0a50717..bbfd832c45 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds
+++ b/scripts/feeds
@@ -756,12 +756,11 @@ sub uninstall {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-sub update_feed($$$$$)
+sub update_feed($$$$)
 {
 	my $type=shift;
 	my $name=shift;
 	my $src=shift;
-	my $perform_update=shift;
 	my $force_update=shift;
 	my $force_relocate=update_location( $name, "@$src" );
 	my $rv=0;
@@ -773,28 +772,22 @@ sub update_feed($$$$$)
 		warn "Unknown type '$type' in feed $name\n";
 		return 1;
 	};
-	$perform_update and do {
-		my $failed = 1;
-		foreach my $feedsrc (@$src) {
-			warn "Updating feed '$name' from '$feedsrc' ...\n";
-			if (update_feed_via($type, $name, $feedsrc, $force_relocate, $force_update) != 0) {
-				if ($force_update) {
-					$rv=1;
-					$failed=0;
-					warn "failed, ignore.\n";
-					next;
-				}
-				last;
+
+	my $failed = 1;
+	foreach my $feedsrc (@$src) {
+		warn "Updating feed '$name' from '$feedsrc' ...\n";
+		if (update_feed_via($type, $name, $feedsrc, $force_relocate, $force_update) != 0) {
+			if ($force_update) {
+				$rv=1;
+				$failed=0;
+				warn "failed, ignore.\n";
+				next;
 			}
-			$failed = 0;
+			last;
 		}
-		$failed and do {
-			warn "failed.\n";
-			return 1;
-		};
-	};
-	warn "Create index file './feeds/$name.index' \n";
-	update_index($name) == 0 or do {
+		$failed = 0;
+	}
+	$failed and do {
 		warn "failed.\n";
 		return 1;
 	};
@@ -803,45 +796,39 @@ sub update_feed($$$$$)
 
 sub update {
 	my %opts;
-	my $feed_name;
-	my $perform_update=1;
+	my %argv_feeds;
 	my $failed=0;
 
 	$ENV{SCAN_COOKIE} = $$;
 	$ENV{OPENWRT_VERBOSE} = 's';
 
 	getopts('ahif', \%opts);
+	%argv_feeds = map { $_ => 1 } @ARGV;
 
 	if ($opts{h}) {
 		usage();
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if ($opts{i}) {
-		# don't update from (remote) repository
-		# only re-create index information
-		$perform_update=0;
-	}
-
 	-d "feeds" or do {
 			mkdir "feeds" or die "Unable to create the feeds directory";
 		};
 
-	if ( ($#ARGV == -1) or $opts{a}) {
-		foreach my $feed (@feeds) {
-			my ($type, $name, $src) = @$feed;
-			update_feed($type, $name, $src, $perform_update, $opts{f}) == 0 or $failed=1;
-		}
-	} else {
-		while ($feed_name = shift @ARGV) {
-			foreach my $feed (@feeds) {
-				my ($type, $name, $src) = @$feed;
-				if($feed_name ne $name) {
-					next;
-				}
-				update_feed($type, $name, $src, $perform_update, $opts{f}) == 0 or $failed=1;
-			}
+	my @index_feeds;
+	foreach my $feed (@feeds) {
+		my ($type, $name, $src) = @$feed;
+		next unless $#ARGV == -1 or $opts{a} or $argv_feeds{$name};
+		if (not $opts{i}) {
+			update_feed($type, $name, $src, $opts{f}) == 0 or $failed=1;
 		}
+		push @index_feeds, $name;
+	}
+	foreach my $name (@index_feeds) {
+		warn "Create index file './feeds/$name.index' \n";
+		update_index($name) == 0 or do {
+			warn "failed.\n";
+			$failed=1;
+		};
 	}
 
 	refresh_config();