diff --git a/package/base-files/files/sbin/ifdown b/package/base-files/files/sbin/ifdown
index 1f200fbdf1..7cc87deb77 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/sbin/ifdown
+++ b/package/base-files/files/sbin/ifdown
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 	exit
 }
 
-# remove the interface's network state
-uci_revert_state network "$1"
-
 include /lib/network
 scan_interfaces
 
@@ -64,3 +61,7 @@ done
 config_get iftype "$cfg" type
 [ "bridge" = "$iftype" ] && brctl delbr "$ifname" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 
+# remove the interface's network state
+uci_revert_state network "$1"
+
+