diff --git a/package/network/utils/wwan/Makefile b/package/network/utils/wwan/Makefile
index bb829b5e2c..1c5a5e6669 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/wwan/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/wwan/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=wwan
 PKG_VERSION:=2019-04-29
-PKG_RELEASE=4
+PKG_RELEASE=5
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
diff --git a/package/network/utils/wwan/files/wwan.usbmisc b/package/network/utils/wwan/files/wwan.usbmisc
index 4079a7fd8f..a86ff5d98b 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/wwan/files/wwan.usbmisc
+++ b/package/network/utils/wwan/files/wwan.usbmisc
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ find_wwan_iface() {
 	[ -z "$device" -a "$proto" = wwan ] || [ "$device" = "/dev/$DEVNAME" ] || return 0
 	if [ "$ACTION" = add ]; then
 		proto_set_available "$cfg" 1
-	else
+	fi
+	if [ "$ACTION" = remove ]; then
 		proto_set_available "$cfg" 0
 	fi
 	exit 0