diff --git a/package/swconfig/Makefile b/package/swconfig/Makefile
index a3844c5f63..bec94a1ca0 100644
--- a/package/swconfig/Makefile
+++ b/package/swconfig/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=swconfig
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
diff --git a/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh b/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh
index d752b1383d..7078b2e823 100644
--- a/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh
+++ b/package/swconfig/files/switch.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
 
 setup_switch_dev() {
+	ifconfig "$1" 0.0.0.0
 	swconfig dev "$1" load network
 }