diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index 606fc049f..7c45e8927 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int FAST_FUNC static_up6(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
 	result = execute("ip addr add %address%/%netmask% dev %iface%[[ label %label%]]", ifd, exec);
 	result += execute("ip link set[[ mtu %mtu%]][[ addr %hwaddress%]] %iface% up", ifd, exec);
 	/* Was: "[[ ip ....%gateway% ]]". Removed extra spaces w/o checking */
-	result += execute("[[ip route add ::/0 via %gateway%]][[ prio %metric%]]", ifd, exec);
+	result += execute("[[ip route add ::/0 via %gateway%]][[ metric %metric%]]", ifd, exec);
 # else
 	result = execute("ifconfig %iface%[[ media %media%]][[ hw %hwaddress%]][[ mtu %mtu%]] up", ifd, exec);
 	result += execute("ifconfig %iface% add %address%/%netmask%", ifd, exec);
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static int FAST_FUNC static_up(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
 	result = execute("ip addr add %address%/%bnmask%[[ broadcast %broadcast%]] "
 			"dev %iface%[[ peer %pointopoint%]][[ label %label%]]", ifd, exec);
 	result += execute("ip link set[[ mtu %mtu%]][[ addr %hwaddress%]] %iface% up", ifd, exec);
-	result += execute("[[ip route add default via %gateway% dev %iface%[[ prio %metric%]]]]", ifd, exec);
+	result += execute("[[ip route add default via %gateway% dev %iface%[[ metric %metric%]]]]", ifd, exec);
 	return ((result == 3) ? 3 : 0);
 # else
 	/* ifconfig said to set iface up before it processes hw %hwaddress%,