diff --git a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/functions.sh b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/functions.sh
index 6da7df2956..1d341152f3 100755
--- a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/functions.sh
+++ b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/functions.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ if_valid () (
     $DEBUG vconfig add $vif $i 2>/dev/null
   }
   ifconfig "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ "${1%%[0-9]}" = "br" ]
+  [ $? = 0 ] || { echo -e "# $1 ignored: no such interface"; return 1; }
 )
diff --git a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/nvram.overrides b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/nvram.overrides
index e3a3217ff0..6ef6ae39d1 100644
--- a/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/nvram.overrides
+++ b/obsolete-buildroot/sources/openwrt/root/etc/nvram.overrides
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ NVRAM_lan_proto="static"
 
 # failsafe if reset is held
 [ "$FAILSAFE" = "true" ] && {
-  echo "### FAILSAFE MODE ####"
+  echo "### YOU ARE IN FAILSAFE MODE ####"
   NVRAM_lan_ifname="br0"
   NVRAM_lan_ifnames="vlan0 vlan2 eth1 eth2 eth3"
   NVRAM_lan_ipaddr="192.168.1.1"