diff --git a/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/ip-up b/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/ip-up
index acbb5997ae..30db93e10b 100755
--- a/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/ip-up
+++ b/package/ppp/files/etc/ppp/ip-up
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ PPP_LOCAL="$4"
 PPP_REMOTE="$5"
 PPP_IPPARAM="$6"
 export PPP_IFACE PPP_TTY PPP_SPEED PPP_LOCAL PPP_REMOTE PPP_IPPARAM
-[ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" ] || env -i ACTION="ifup" INTERFACE="$PPP_IPPARAM" DEVICE="$PPP_IFACE" PROTO=ppp /sbin/hotplug-call "iface"
 [ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" -o -z "$PPP_LOCAL" ] || {
 	uci_set_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM" ipaddr "$PPP_LOCAL"
 	uci_set_state network "$PPP_IPPARAM" gateway "$PPP_REMOTE"
 }
-
+[ -z "$PPP_IPPARAM" ] || env -i ACTION="ifup" INTERFACE="$PPP_IPPARAM" DEVICE="$PPP_IFACE" PROTO=ppp /sbin/hotplug-call "iface"
 
 [ -d /etc/ppp/ip-up.d ] && {
 	for SCRIPT in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/*