diff --git a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
index 0b99ec0e0..d51f44fe5 100644
--- a/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
+++ b/Shorewall/Perl/Shorewall/Providers.pm
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ CEOF
 		if ( $gateway ) {
 		    emit qq(add_gateway "via $gateway dev $physical $realm" ) . $tbl;
 		} else {
-		    emit qq(add_gateway "nexthop dev $physical $realm" ) . $tbl;
+		    emit qq(add_gateway "dev $physical $realm" ) . $tbl;
 		}
 	    }
 	    	} else {