diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 241f3463e2f..e33d866304f 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION:=2.89
 PKG_VERSION:=$(subst test,~~test,$(subst rc,~rc,$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION)))
-PKG_RELEASE:=7
+PKG_RELEASE:=8
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 510d328cd23..b43abdb8f75 100755
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -1244,10 +1244,11 @@ dnsmasq_stop()
 
 add_interface_trigger()
 {
-	local interface ignore
+	local interface ifname ignore
 
 	config_get interface "$1" interface
 	config_get_bool ignore "$1" ignore 0
+	network_get_device ifname "$interface" || ignore=0
 
 	[ -n "$interface" ] && [ $ignore -eq 0 ] && procd_add_interface_trigger "interface.*" "$interface" /etc/init.d/dnsmasq reload
 }