diff --git a/net/haproxy/Makefile b/net/haproxy/Makefile
index 0d0cbcd4e..3e891f418 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/Makefile
+++ b/net/haproxy/Makefile
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ define Package/haproxy/install
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/haproxy.cfg $(1)/etc/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/haproxy.init $(1)/etc/init.d/haproxy
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/haproxy.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/iface/90-haproxy
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/net
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/haproxy.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/net/90-haproxy
 endef
 
 Package/haproxy-nossl/install = $(Package/haproxy/install)
diff --git a/net/haproxy/files/haproxy.hotplug b/net/haproxy/files/haproxy.hotplug
index 5913918a1..bfb5d6da1 100644
--- a/net/haproxy/files/haproxy.hotplug
+++ b/net/haproxy/files/haproxy.hotplug
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-[ "$INTERFACE" == "wan" ] || [ "$INTERFACE" == "lan" ] || return
-[ "$ACTION" == "ifup" ] &&
+if [ "$ACTION" = add ]; then
 	/etc/init.d/haproxy enabled && \
 		/etc/init.d/haproxy start
+fi