diff --git a/openwrt/target/linux/package/base-files/files/brcm-2.6/etc/init.d/S05netconfig b/openwrt/target/linux/package/base-files/files/brcm-2.6/etc/init.d/S05netconfig
index 3c4c032563..0cafa17402 100755
--- a/openwrt/target/linux/package/base-files/files/brcm-2.6/etc/init.d/S05netconfig
+++ b/openwrt/target/linux/package/base-files/files/brcm-2.6/etc/init.d/S05netconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ END {
 		(nvram["boardnum"] == "1024")) {
 		c["lan_ifnames"]="eth1 eth2"
 		c["wan_ifname"]=""
+		c["unused_ifnames"]="eth0"
 	}
 
 	print "#### VLAN configuration "