diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index a4b23d37a..34e38f07c 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.6.5
+PKG_VERSION:=2.6.6
 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 dfeff7daa..27033d582 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/15-mwan3
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
 		else
 			$LOG notice "Starting tracker on interface $INTERFACE (${DEVICE:-unknown})"
 			mwan3_set_iface_hotplug_state $INTERFACE "offline"
-			mwan3_track $INTERFACE $DEVICE "offline" "$src_ip"
+			mwan3_track $INTERFACE $DEVICE "unknown" "$src_ip"
 		fi
 	;;
 	ifdown)