diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index d87253b4dda5c68d42669a4aeceee5dcd1622b14..6995601a28c374af0d7bf39979eb8a6abd48240a 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=30
+PKG_RELEASE:=31
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
 
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
index bfadf40c89e8577ab16f488e15c647b6c5dec926..fbbf0e119b2036d074e6da1a83ee6d8fc33d05ca 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ prepare_interface() {
 						append newdevs "$dev"
 					done
 					uci_set_state network "$config" device "$newdevs"
+					$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" 0.0.0.0
 					$DEBUG brctl addif "br-$config" "$iface"
 					# Bridge existed already. No further processing necesary
 				} || {
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ prepare_interface() {
 					$DEBUG brctl addbr "br-$config"
 					$DEBUG brctl setfd "br-$config" 0
 					$DEBUG ifconfig "br-$config" up
+					$DEBUG ifconfig "$iface" 0.0.0.0
 					$DEBUG brctl addif "br-$config" "$iface"
 					$DEBUG brctl stp "br-$config" $stp
 					# Creating the bridge here will have triggered a hotplug event, which will