diff --git a/package/base-files/Makefile b/package/base-files/Makefile
index b58843163f..ca1cb47a6c 100644
--- a/package/base-files/Makefile
+++ b/package/base-files/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/version.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=base-files
-PKG_RELEASE:=191
+PKG_RELEASE:=192
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
 PKG_FILE_DEPENDS:=$(PLATFORM_DIR)/ $(GENERIC_PLATFORM_DIR)/base-files/
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
index 08cce49df2..d7fd2dea57 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/lib/functions/network.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@
 __network_ifstatus() {
 	local __tmp
 
-	[ -z "$__NETWORK_CACHE" ] && \
-		export __NETWORK_CACHE="$(ubus call network.interface dump)"
+	[ -z "$__NETWORK_CACHE" ] && {
+		__tmp="$(ubus call network.interface dump 2>&1)"
+		case "$?" in
+			4) : ;;
+			0) export __NETWORK_CACHE="$__tmp" ;;
+			*) echo "$__tmp" >&2 ;;
+		esac
+	}
 
-	__tmp="$(jsonfilter ${4:+-F "$4"} ${5:+-l "$5"} -s "$__NETWORK_CACHE" -e "$1=@.interface${2:+[@.interface='$2']}$3")"
+	__tmp="$(jsonfilter ${4:+-F "$4"} ${5:+-l "$5"} -s "${__NETWORK_CACHE:-{}}" -e "$1=@.interface${2:+[@.interface='$2']}$3")"
 
 	[ -z "$__tmp" ] && \
 		unset "$1" && \