diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/interfaces b/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/interfaces
index e617fcf69b..3d0f0c6768 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/interfaces
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown-1.0/interfaces
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ iface wlan0 inet dhcp
 iface atml0 inet dhcp
 
 # Wired or wireless interfaces including predictable names
-auto /eth0
+auto eth0
 iface eth0 inet dhcp
 iface eth1 inet dhcp
 
+# Busybox ifupdown won't process /en* correctly
 auto /en*=eth
 iface eth inet dhcp