diff --git a/net/modemmanager/Makefile b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
index aa141ad73..df2e1e71b 100644
--- a/net/modemmanager/Makefile
+++ b/net/modemmanager/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=modemmanager
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=1.20.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager.git
diff --git a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.proto b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.proto
index 239148798..d2483207f 100755
--- a/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.proto
+++ b/net/modemmanager/files/modemmanager.proto
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ proto_modemmanager_teardown() {
 	json_get_vars device lowpower iptype
 
 	echo "stopping network"
-	proto_notify_error "${interface}" MM_TEARDOWN_IN_PROGRESS
 
 	# load connected bearer information, just the first one should be ok
 	modemstatus=$(mmcli --modem="${device}" --output-keyvalue)