diff --git a/package/base-files/default/lib/network/config.sh b/package/base-files/default/lib/network/config.sh
index 18f794a31b25a1c32d9366983d6d6cfaee30969a..a66c92bc033198a011debb05d382d6d23f03ca81 100755
--- a/package/base-files/default/lib/network/config.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/default/lib/network/config.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ setup_interface() {
 	proto="${3:-$(config_get "$config" proto)}"
 	config_get iftype "$config" type
 	
+	ifconfig "$iface" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null && {
+		# make sure the interface is removed from any existing bridge
+		unbridge "$iface"
+	}
+
 	# Setup VLAN interfaces
 	add_vlan "$iface"
 
@@ -141,3 +146,15 @@ setup_interface() {
 	esac
 }
 
+unbridge() {
+	local dev="$1"
+	local brdev
+
+	brctl show | grep "$dev" >/dev/null && {
+		# interface is still part of a bridge, correct that
+
+		for brdev in $(brctl show | awk '$2 ~ /^[0-9].*\./ { print $1 }'); do
+			brctl delif "$brdev" "$dev" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+		done
+	}
+}
diff --git a/package/base-files/default/sbin/ifup b/package/base-files/default/sbin/ifup
index 35b2fc4cdd4f5bd9d88077c63a39230b2bfec754..c7055d4807b976bbec0d16d0fdc7a53f4f1b5479 100755
--- a/package/base-files/default/sbin/ifup
+++ b/package/base-files/default/sbin/ifup
@@ -10,12 +10,5 @@ case "$iftype" in
 esac
 
 for dev in $ifname; do
-	brctl show | grep "$dev" >/dev/null && {
-		# interface is still part of a bridge, correct that
-
-		for brdev in $(brctl show | awk '$2 ~ /^[0-9].*\./ { print $1 }'); do
-			brctl delif "$brdev" "$dev" 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
-		done
-	}
 	setup_interface "$dev" "$1"
 done
diff --git a/package/broadcom-wl/files/lib/wifi/broadcom.sh b/package/broadcom-wl/files/lib/wifi/broadcom.sh
index 1ce85c4c5f474ef2577a40f6f501bb658dfc57d7..b598952e9dc013e4aedccefbc6af998f97e93a0f 100644
--- a/package/broadcom-wl/files/lib/wifi/broadcom.sh
+++ b/package/broadcom-wl/files/lib/wifi/broadcom.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,17 @@ scan_broadcom() {
 
 disable_broadcom() {
 	wlc down
-	ifconfig wl0 down
+	(
+		include /lib/network
+		scan_interfaces
+
+		# make sure the interfaces are down and removed from all bridges
+		for dev in wl0 wl0.1 wl0.2 wl0.3; do
+			ifconfig "$dev" down 2>/dev/null >/dev/null && {
+				unbridge "$dev"
+			}
+		done
+	)
 }
 
 enable_broadcom() {