diff --git a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S10boot b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S10boot
index 34f4cea934..b361e156fe 100755
--- a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S10boot
+++ b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/etc/init.d/S10boot
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ touch /var/log/wtmp
 touch /var/log/lastlog
 [ "$FAILSAFE" = "true" ] && touch /tmp/.failsafe
 
-for iface in $(/sbin/ifconfig -a | awk '{print $1}' | grep eth); do
+# manually trigger hotplug before loading modules
+for iface in $(awk -F: '/:/ {print $1}' /proc/net/dev); do
 	/usr/bin/env -i ACTION=add INTERFACE="$iface" /sbin/hotplug net
 done