diff --git a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
index cfbbfb696a..4fc05b9dad 100644
--- a/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
+++ b/etc/inc/interfaces.inc
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ function interface_gre_configure(&$gre, $grekey = "") {
 	if(is_ipaddrv6($gre['tunnel-remote-addr']))
 		file_put_contents("{$g['tmp_path']}/{$greif}_routerv6", $gre['tunnel-remote-addr']);
 
-	interfaces_bring_up($laggif);
+	interfaces_bring_up($greif);
 
 	return $greif;
 }
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ function interface_gif_configure(&$gif, $gifkey = "") {
 		mwexec("/sbin/route change -host -inet6 " . escapeshellarg($gif['remote-addr']) . " {$realifgw}");
 	}
 
-	interfaces_bring_up($laggif);
+	interfaces_bring_up($gifif);
 
 	return $gifif;
 }