diff --git a/net/mwan3/Makefile b/net/mwan3/Makefile
index b31f4ce342..3242189697 100644
--- a/net/mwan3/Makefile
+++ b/net/mwan3/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mwan3
-PKG_VERSION:=2.11.8
+PKG_VERSION:=2.11.9
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Florian Eckert <fe@dev.tdt.de>, \
 		Aaron Goodman <aaronjg@alumni.stanford.edu>
diff --git a/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3 b/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
index 3fce9b0d4d..eccd10196c 100755
--- a/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
+++ b/net/mwan3/files/usr/libexec/rpcd/mwan3
@@ -106,14 +106,10 @@ get_mwan3_status() {
 
 	config_get enabled "$iface" enabled 0
 
-	if [ -d "${MWAN3_STATUS_DIR}" ]; then
+	if [ -f "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS" ]; then
 		network_get_uptime uptime "$iface"
 		network_is_up "$iface" && up="1"
-		if [ -f "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS" ]; then
-			status="$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS")"
-		else
-			status="notracking"
-		fi
+		status="$(cat "$MWAN3TRACK_STATUS_DIR/${iface}/STATUS")"
 	else
 		uptime=0
 		up=0