diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
index b2dde6f01c..6b9662fe93 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/wifi
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ wifi_updown() {
 	[ reconf = "$1" ] && {
 		scan_wifi
 		cmd=reconf
+		ubus call network reload
 	}
 	ubus_wifi_cmd "$cmd" "$2"
 	_wifi_updown "$@"
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	reload) wifi_reload "$2";;
 	reload_legacy) wifi_reload_legacy "$2";;
 	--help|help) usage;;
-	reconf) ubus call network reload; wifi_updown "reconf" "$2";;
+	reconf) wifi_updown "reconf" "$2";;
 	''|up) wifi_updown "enable" "$2";;
 	*) usage; exit 1;;
 esac