diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index a94f46921..291847525 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -4394,8 +4394,7 @@ function interfaces_primary_address($interface, $ifconfig_details = null)
         break; /* all done */
     }
 
-    /* DO NOT REORDER */
-    return [ 'address' => $ifcfgip, 'network' => $network, 'bits' => $subnetbits, 'device' => $device ];
+    return [ $ifcfgip, $network, $subnetbits, $device ];
 }
 
 function _interfaces_primary_address6($interface, $ifconfig_details = null, $allow_track = true, $link_local = false)
diff --git a/src/sbin/pluginctl b/src/sbin/pluginctl
index 1c1e27cb9..44f47a395 100755
--- a/src/sbin/pluginctl
+++ b/src/sbin/pluginctl
@@ -162,7 +162,14 @@ if (isset($opts['h'])) {
     echo "\t-S service metadata dump\n";
     echo "\t-s service mode (e.g. myservice restart)\n";
 } elseif (isset($opts['4'])) {
-    echo json_encode(interfaces_primary_address($args[0] ?? null), JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . PHP_EOL;
+    $raw = interfaces_primary_address($args[0] ?? null);
+    $ret = [
+        'address' => $raw[0],
+        'network' => $raw[1],
+        'bits' => $raw[2],
+        'device' => $raw[3],
+    ];
+    echo json_encode($ret, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . PHP_EOL;
 } elseif (isset($opts['D'])) {
     echo json_encode(legacy_interfaces_details($args[0] ?? null), JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES|JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . PHP_EOL;
 } elseif (isset($opts['d'])) {