diff --git a/Shorewall-common/lib.base b/Shorewall-common/lib.base
index 5154253d0..59daa789f 100644
--- a/Shorewall-common/lib.base
+++ b/Shorewall-common/lib.base
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ interface_is_usable() # $1 = interface
 #
 find_interface_addresses() # $1 = interface
 {
-    ip -f inet addr show $1 | grep inet\  | sed 's/\s*inet //;s/\/.*//;s/ peer.*//'
+    ip -f inet addr show $1 2> /dev/null | grep inet\  | sed 's/\s*inet //;s/\/.*//;s/ peer.*//'
 }
 
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