diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
index dd6ae50887..0eb92870fc 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/iface/10-routes
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ add_route() {
 	dest="${netmask:+-net "$target" netmask "$netmask"}"
 	dest="${dest:--host "$target"}"
 	
-	/sbin/route add $dest gw "$gateway" ${dev:+dev "$dev"} ${metric:+ metric "$metric"}
+	/sbin/route add $dest ${gateway:+gw "$gateway"} \
+		${dev:+dev "$dev"} ${metric:+ metric "$metric"}
 }
 
 add_route6() {
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ add_route6() {
 		config_get gateway "$interface" gateway
 	}
 
-	/sbin/route -A inet6 add $target ${gateway:+gw "$gateway"} ${dev:+dev "$dev"} ${metric:+ metric "$metric"}
+	/sbin/route -A inet6 add $target ${gateway:+gw "$gateway"} \
+		${dev:+dev "$dev"} ${metric:+ metric "$metric"}
 }
 
 case "$ACTION" in