diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
index f867a4846c7..0a9041bfbd1 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 # under the License.
 
 STATUS=UNKNOWN
-INTERFACE=eth1
 ROUTER_TYPE=$(cat /etc/cloudstack/cmdline.json | grep type | awk '{print $2;}' | sed -e 's/[,\"]//g')
 if [ "$ROUTER_TYPE" = "router" ]
 then
 	ROUTER_STATE=$(ip addr | grep eth0 | grep inet | wc -l | xargs bash -c  'if [ $0 == 2 ]; then echo "MASTER"; else echo "BACKUP"; fi')
 	STATUS=$ROUTER_STATE
 else
-	ROUTER_STATE=$(ip addr | grep $INTERFACE | grep state | awk '{print $9;}')
+	ROUTER_STATE=$(ip addr | grep eth1 | grep state | awk '{print $9;}')
 	if [ "$ROUTER_STATE" = "UP" ]
 	then
 	    STATUS=MASTER