diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
index 09a99bf731..64a1cd6628 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/init.d/mptcp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ interface_macaddr_count() {
 
 interface_max_metric() {
 	local config="$1"
-	if [ "$1" != "omrvpn" ] && [ "$1" != "omr6in4" ]; then
+	if [ "$1" != "omrvpn" ] && [ "$1" != "omr6in4" ] && [ "$1" != "lan" ]; then
 		config_get metric "$config" metric
 		if [ "$metric" = "$count" ]; then
 			count=$((count+1))