diff --git a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
index 7ffbf24927..a2cb02e09e 100644
--- a/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/pfsense-utils.inc
@@ -339,11 +339,8 @@ function convert_ip_to_network_format($ip, $subnet) {
  * get_carp_interface_status($carpinterface): returns the status of a carp ip
  */
 function get_carp_interface_status($carpinterface) {
-	/* basically cache the contents of ifconfig statement
-	to speed up this routine */
-	global $carp_query;
-	if($carp_query == "")
-		$carp_query = split("\n", `/sbin/ifconfig $carpinterface | grep carp`);
+	$carp_query = "";
+	exec("/sbin/ifconfig $carpinterface | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/grep carp:", $carp_query);
 	foreach($carp_query as $int) {
 		if(stristr($int, "MASTER")) 
 			return "MASTER";
diff --git a/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc b/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc
index d2851d27d1..79d3c03ded 100644
--- a/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc
+++ b/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 $carp_status_title = "Carp Status";
 $carp_status_title_link = "carp_status.php";
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/carp_status.widget.php b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/carp_status.widget.php
index 7c989468fa..6399579987 100644
--- a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/carp_status.widget.php
+++ b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/carp_status.widget.php
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ require_once("/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc");
 	if(is_array($config['virtualip']['vip'])) {
   	$carpint=0;
     foreach($config['virtualip']['vip'] as $carp) {
-    	if ($carp['mode'] != "carp") continue;
+    	if ($carp['mode'] != "carp")
+		continue;
       	$ipaddress = $carp['subnet'];
         $password = $carp['password'];
-				$netmask = $carp['subnet_bits'];
+	$netmask = $carp['subnet_bits'];
         $vhid = $carp['vhid'];
         $advskew = $carp['advskew'];
-        $carp_int = find_carp_interface($ipaddress);
+        $carp_int = "vip{$vhid}";
         $status = get_carp_interface_status($carp_int);
 ?>
 <tr>
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ require_once("/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc");
 	</td>
 	<td width="70%"  class="listr">
 <?php
-						if($status == "MASTER") {
+	    if($status == "MASTER") {
               echo "<img src='/themes/".$g['theme']."/images/icons/icon_pass.gif' title=\"$status\">";
             } else if($status == "BACKUP") {
               echo "<img src='/themes/".$g['theme']."/images/icons/icon_pass_d.gif' title=\"$status\">";
@@ -73,4 +74,4 @@ require_once("/usr/local/www/widgets/include/carp_status.inc");
             	<?php
             }
            ?>
-</table>
\ No newline at end of file
+</table>