diff --git a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
index bb6c9f8a0f2..c0d2ea77019 100755
--- a/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
+++ b/systemvm/debian/opt/cloud/bin/checkrouter.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ fi
 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 [ $0 == 2 ]; then echo "MASTER"; else echo "BACKUP"; fi')
+	ROUTER_STATE=$(ip addr show dev 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 eth1 | grep state | awk '{print $9;}')
+	ROUTER_STATE=$(ip addr show dev eth1 | grep state | awk '{print $9;}')
 	if [ "$ROUTER_STATE" = "UP" ]
 	then
 	    STATUS=MASTER