diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index 3d4dd36a14..9743edcb92 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
 PKG_VERSION:=2.11.13
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>, \
 		Aaron Goodman <aaronjg@alumni.stanford.edu>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
index c69f381ea8..475d1a0733 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/lib/mwan3/mwan3.sh
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ mwan3_delete_iface_rules()
 		return
 	fi
 
-	for rule_id in $(ip rule list | awk '$1 % 1000 == '$id' && $1 > 1000 && $1 < 4000 {print substr($1,0,4)}'); do
+	for rule_id in $(ip rule list | awk -F : '$1 % 1000 == '$id' && $1 > 1000 && $1 < 4000 {print $1}'); do
 		$IP rule del pref $rule_id
 	done
 }