diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index 769a93f8f..f9afcbcfb 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -2406,16 +2406,23 @@ function interface_configure($verbose = false, $interface = 'wan', $reload = fal
         }
     }
 
-    /* media */
-    if (!empty($wancfg['media']) || !empty($wancfg['mediaopt'])) {
-        $cmd = "/sbin/ifconfig " . escapeshellarg($realhwif);
-        if (!empty($wancfg['media'])) {
-            $cmd .= " media " . escapeshellarg($wancfg['media']);
-        }
+    /* skip vlans for media setup and only apply when changed */
+    if (!stristr($realhwif, "_vlan") && (!empty($wancfg['media']) || !empty($wancfg['mediaopt']))) {
+        $intf_details = legacy_interface_details($realhwif);
+        $media_changed = stripos($intf_details['media_raw'], $wancfg['media']) == false;
         if (!empty($wancfg['mediaopt'])) {
-            $cmd .= " mediaopt " . escapeshellarg($wancfg['mediaopt']);
+            $media_changed |= stripos($intf_details['media_raw'], $wancfg['mediaopt']) == false;
+        }
+        if ($media_changed) {
+            $cmd = "/sbin/ifconfig " . escapeshellarg($realhwif);
+            if (!empty($wancfg['media'])) {
+                $cmd .= " media " . escapeshellarg($wancfg['media']);
+            }
+            if (!empty($wancfg['mediaopt'])) {
+                $cmd .= " mediaopt " . escapeshellarg($wancfg['mediaopt']);
+            }
+            mwexec($cmd);
         }
-        mwexec($cmd);
     }
     // apply interface hardware settings (tso, lro, ..)
     configure_interface_hardware($realhwif);
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
index c49aa8a6b..373554433 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ function legacy_interfaces_details($intf = null)
             if (preg_match("/media: .*? \((.*?)\)/", $line, $matches)) {
                 $result[$current_interface]['media'] = $matches[1];
             }
+            $result[$current_interface]['media_raw'] = substr(trim($line), 7);
         } elseif (preg_match("/status: (.*)$/", $line, $matches)) {
             $result[$current_interface]['status'] = $matches[1];
         } elseif (preg_match("/channel (\S*)/", $line, $matches)) {