diff --git a/src/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php b/src/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php
index 0ea20bbb77..ff2cc29c8a 100644
--- a/src/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php
+++ b/src/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/interface_statistics.widget.php
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ if ($_REQUEST && $_REQUEST['ajax']) {
 	);
 
 	$skipinterfaces = explode(",", $user_settings['widgets']['interface_statistics']['iffilter']);
-	$interface_is_displayed = false;
+	$an_interface_is_selected = false; // decide if at least 1 interface is selected for display
+	$an_interface_is_displayed = false; // decide if at least 1 interface is displayed (i.e. not down)
 
 	print("<thead>");
 	print(	"<tr>");
@@ -92,17 +93,20 @@ if ($_REQUEST && $_REQUEST['ajax']) {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		$interface_is_displayed = true;
+		$an_interface_is_selected = true;
 		$ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr] = get_interface_info($ifdescr);
 		$ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr]['inbytes'] = format_bytes($ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr]['inbytes']);
 		$ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr]['outbytes'] = format_bytes($ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr]['outbytes']);
 		if ($ifinfo_arr[$ifdescr]['status'] != "down") {
+			$an_interface_is_displayed = true;
 			print("<th>" . $ifname . "</th>");
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!$interface_is_displayed) {
+	if (!$an_interface_is_selected) {
 		print("<th>" . gettext('All interfaces are hidden.') . "</th>");
+	} else if (!$an_interface_is_displayed) {
+		print("<th>" . gettext('All selected interfaces are down.') . "</th>");
 	}
 
 	print(		"</tr>");