diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index d982cd77d..d591720a7 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -727,6 +727,24 @@ function _interfaces_gif_configure($gif)
     }
 }
 
+function interfaces_hardware($verbose = false)
+{
+    if ($verbose) {
+        echo 'Configuring hardware interfaces...';
+        flush();
+    }
+
+    $intf_details = legacy_interfaces_details();
+
+    foreach (array_keys(get_interface_list()) as $device) {
+        configure_interface_hardware($device, $intf_details);
+    }
+
+    if ($verbose) {
+        echo "done.\n";
+    }
+}
+
 function interfaces_configure($verbose = false)
 {
     $interfaces = [];
diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
index 7faef58b2..7d0a9c8e3 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
@@ -448,7 +448,12 @@ function configure_interface_hardware($ifs, $intf_details = null)
 
     $hwsettings = $config['system'];
 
-    if (strstr($ifs, 'vlan') || strstr($ifs, 'qinq') || strpos($ifs, '/') === 0) {
+    /* XXX this needs fixing, lots of devices are not capable */
+    if (
+        strstr($ifs, 'vlan') || strpos($ifs, 'qinq') === 0 ||
+        strpos($ifs, 'lo') === 0 || strpos($ifs, 'vxlan') === 0 ||
+        strpos($ifs, 'ipsec') === 0 || strpos($ifs, '/') === 0
+    ) {
         /* skip checksumming  */
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/etc/rc.bootup b/src/etc/rc.bootup
index 5f3fed68a..c034c6ee0 100755
--- a/src/etc/rc.bootup
+++ b/src/etc/rc.bootup
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ system_hosts_generate(true);
 system_syslog_start(true);
 
 filter_configure_sync(true, false); /* apply default policy before interface setup */
+interfaces_hardware(true);
 interfaces_configure(true);
 system_resolvconf_generate(true);
 filter_configure_sync(true);