diff --git a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
index aa83ab82b..aefadc9ef 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/interfaces.lib.inc
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ function legacy_interface_listget($flag = '')
     return ($ifs);
 }
 
-function legacy_interface_flags($ifs, $flag, $report_errors=true)
+function legacy_interface_flags($ifs, $flags, $report_errors=true)
 {
     /* $flags isn't escaped because it can be an argument list */
-    $cmd = '/sbin/ifconfig ' . escapeshellarg($ifs) . ' ' . $flag;
+    foreach (explode(' ', $flags) as $flag) {
+        $cmd = '/sbin/ifconfig ' . escapeshellarg($ifs) . ' ' . $flag;
+    }
 
     exec($cmd . ' 2>&1', $out, $ret);
     if (!empty($ret) && $report_errors) {