diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index 99c01712d6..80c5d99164 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
 PKG_VERSION:=2.11.7
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 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/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwan3-user b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwan3-user
index 0960a26287..fa7315fa5e 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwan3-user
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/16-mwan3-user
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	}
 
 	[ -x /etc/mwan3.user ] || chmod 755 /etc/mwan3.user
-	env -i ACTION="$ACTION" INTERFACE="$INTERFACE" DEVICE="$DEVICE" /etc/mwan3.user
+	env -i ACTION="$ACTION" INTERFACE="$INTERFACE" DEVICE="$DEVICE" /etc/mwan3.user 1000>&-
 }
 
 exit 0