diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 331e5fabe3..1e1cc323d9 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.77
-PKG_RELEASE:=12
+PKG_RELEASE:=13
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index 6c83b2e5a0..0149643959 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -457,9 +457,7 @@ dhcp_add() {
 	config_get networkid "$cfg" networkid
 	[ -n "$networkid" ] || networkid="$net"
 
-	network_get_subnet subnet "$net" || return 0
 	network_get_device ifname "$net" || return 0
-	network_get_protocol proto "$net" || return 0
 
 	[ "$cachelocal" = "0" ] && network_get_dnsserver dnsserver "$net" && {
 		DNS_SERVERS="$DNS_SERVERS $dnsserver"
@@ -471,6 +469,9 @@ dhcp_add() {
 		return 0
 	}
 
+	network_get_subnet subnet "$net" || return 0
+	network_get_protocol proto "$net" || return 0
+
 	# Do not support non-static interfaces for now
 	[ static = "$proto" ] || return 0