diff --git a/keepalived/core/keepalived_netlink.c b/keepalived/core/keepalived_netlink.c
index 198d0e10f..da3596fdb 100644
--- a/keepalived/core/keepalived_netlink.c
+++ b/keepalived/core/keepalived_netlink.c
@@ -276,9 +276,10 @@ compare_route(struct rtattr *tb[RTA_MAX + 1], ip_route_t *route, uint32_t table,
 	if (route->oif) {
 		if (!tb[RTA_OIF] || route->oif->ifindex != *PTR_CAST(uint32_t, RTA_DATA(tb[RTA_OIF])))
 			return false;
-	} else {
-		if (route->set && route->configured_ifindex &&
-		    (!tb[RTA_OIF] || route->configured_ifindex != *PTR_CAST(uint32_t, RTA_DATA(tb[RTA_OIF]))))
+	} else if (route->set) {
+		if (!tb[RTA_OIF] != !route->configured_ifindex)
+			return false;
+		if (tb[RTA_OIF] && route->configured_ifindex != *PTR_CAST(uint32_t, RTA_DATA(tb[RTA_OIF])))
 			return false;
 	}
 
@@ -2360,9 +2361,8 @@ netlink_route_filter(__attribute__((unused)) struct sockaddr_nl *snl, struct nlm
 			route->configured_ifindex = *PTR_CAST(uint32_t, RTA_DATA(tb[RTA_OIF]));
 			if (route->oif && route->oif->ifindex != route->configured_ifindex)
 				log_message(LOG_INFO, "route added index %" PRIu32 " != config index %u", route->configured_ifindex, route->oif->ifindex);
-		}
-		else
-			log_message(LOG_INFO, "New route doesn't have i/f index");
+		} else
+			route->configured_ifindex = 0;
 
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/keepalived/include/vrrp_iproute.h b/keepalived/include/vrrp_iproute.h
index 632c06b8c..50b455dbb 100644
--- a/keepalived/include/vrrp_iproute.h
+++ b/keepalived/include/vrrp_iproute.h
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ enum ip_route {
 	IPROUTE_PREF,
 	IPROUTE_FASTOPEN_NO_COOKIE,
 	IPROUTE_TTL_PROPAGATE,
-	IPROUTE_ADD,
-	IPROUTE_APPEND
+	IPROUTE_ADD_ROUTE,
+	IPROUTE_APPEND_ROUTE
 };
 
 #define	IPROUTE_BIT_DSFIELD	(1<<IPROUTE_DSFIELD)
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ enum ip_route {
 #define	IPROUTE_BIT_PREF	(1<<IPROUTE_PREF)
 #define	IPROUTE_BIT_FASTOPEN_NO_COOKIE	(1<<IPROUTE_FASTOPEN_NO_COOKIE)
 #define	IPROUTE_BIT_TTL_PROPAGATE (1<<IPROUTE_TTL_PROPAGATE)
-#define	IPROUTE_BIT_ADD		(1<<IPROUTE_ADD)
-#define	IPROUTE_BIT_APPEND	(1<<IPROUTE_APPEND)
+#define	IPROUTE_BIT_ADD		(1<<IPROUTE_ADD_ROUTE)
+#define	IPROUTE_BIT_APPEND	(1<<IPROUTE_APPEND_ROUTE)
 
 typedef struct _ip_route {
 	ip_address_t		*dst;
diff --git a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp.c b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp.c
index 9486f935f..2970591b6 100644
--- a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp.c
+++ b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ vrrp_restore_interface(vrrp_t * vrrp, bool advF, bool force)
 
 	/* remove virtual routes */
 	if (!list_empty(&vrrp->vroutes))
-		vrrp_handle_iproutes(vrrp, IPROUTE_DEL, false);
+		vrrp_handle_iproutes(vrrp, IPROUTE_DEL, force);
 
 	/* empty the delayed arp list */
 	vrrp_remove_delayed_arp(vrrp);
diff --git a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_iproute.c b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_iproute.c
index c2791945e..913118002 100644
--- a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_iproute.c
+++ b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_iproute.c
@@ -531,9 +531,10 @@ netlink_rtlist(list_head_t *rt_list, int cmd, bool force)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ip_route, rt_list, e_list) {
 		if ((cmd == IPROUTE_DEL) == ip_route->set || force) {
-			if (!netlink_route(ip_route, cmd))
-				ip_route->set = (cmd == IPROUTE_ADD);
-			else if (cmd != IPROUTE_ADD)
+			if (!netlink_route(ip_route, cmd)) {
+				if (cmd == IPROUTE_DEL)
+					ip_route->set = false;
+			} else if (cmd != IPROUTE_ADD)
 				ip_route->set = false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1871,21 +1872,6 @@ alloc_route(list_head_t *rt_list, const vector_t *strvec, bool allow_track_group
 			report_config_error(CONFIG_GENERAL_ERROR, "Route cannot be tracked if protocol is not RTPROT_KEEPALIVED(%d), resetting protocol", RTPROT_KEEPALIVED);
 		new->protocol = RTPROT_KEEPALIVED;
 		new->mask |= IPROUTE_BIT_PROTOCOL;
-
-		if (!new->oif) {
-			/* Alternative is to track oif from when route last added.
-			 * The interface will need to be added temporarily. tracking_obj_t will need
-			 * a flag to specify permanent track, and a counter for number of temporary
-			 * trackers. If the termporary tracker count becomes 0 and there is no permanent
-			 * track, then the tracking_obj_t will need to be removed.
-			 *
-			 * We also have a problem if using nexthop, since the route will only be deleted
-			 * when the interfaces for all of the hops have gone down. We would need to track
-			 * all of the interfaces being used, and only mark the route as down if all the
-			 * interfaces are down. */
-			report_config_error(CONFIG_GENERAL_ERROR, "Warning - cannot track route %s with no interface specified, not tracking", dest);
-			new->dont_track = true;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (new->track_group && !new->oif) {
diff --git a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_scheduler.c b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_scheduler.c
index fc40d59de..8c1747c6e 100644
--- a/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_scheduler.c
+++ b/keepalived/vrrp/vrrp_scheduler.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 #ifdef _WITH_LVS_
 #include "ipvswrapper.h"
 #endif
+#include "keepalived_netlink.h"
+
 
 /* For load testing recvmsg() */
 /* #define DEBUG_RECVMSG */
@@ -266,7 +268,9 @@ vrrp_init_state(list_head_t *l)
 #endif
 
 			/* Set interface state */
-			vrrp_restore_interface(vrrp, false, false);
+			netlink_error_ignore = ESRCH;		// returned if route does not exist
+			vrrp_restore_interface(vrrp, false, true);
+			netlink_error_ignore = 0;
 			if (is_up &&
 			    new_state != VRRP_STATE_FAULT &&
 			    !vrrp->num_script_init &&