diff --git a/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath b/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
index a44d7f24b9..3e75eb5e79 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
+++ b/mptcp/files/usr/bin/multipath
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ else
 		done
 	}
 
-        ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep -m 1 "dev $DEVICE" | awk '{print $3}')
-        IFF=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep -m 1 "dev $DEVICE" | awk '{print $4}')
+        ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | sort | grep -m 1 -E "dev $DEVICE " | awk '{print $3}')
+        IFF=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | sort | grep -m 1 -E "dev $DEVICE " | awk '{print $4}')
         #IP=$(ip a show $DEVICE | sed -En 's/127.0.0.1//;s/.*inet (addr:)?(([0-9]*\.){3}[0-9]*).*/\2/p')
         [ -f /usr/bin/jsonfilter ] && IP=$(ip -j a show $DEVICE | jsonfilter -e '@[0].addr_info[*].local')
         [ -f /usr/bin/jq ] && IP=$(ip -j a show $DEVICE | jq -r '.[0].addr_info[].local')
-        [ -z "$ID" ] && [ -n "$IP" ] && ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep "$IP" | awk '{print $3}')
+        [ -z "$ID" ] && [ -n "$IP" ] && ID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep "$IP " | awk '{print $3}')
         RMID=$(ip mptcp endpoint show | grep '::ffff' | awk '{ print $3 }')
         [ -n "$RMID" ] && ip mptcp endpoint delete id $RMID 2>&1 >/dev/null
         case $TYPE in