diff --git a/package/gluon-mesh-vpn-fastd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-mesh-vpn-fastd b/package/gluon-mesh-vpn-fastd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-mesh-vpn-fastd
index bdb62842..102ae0b4 100755
--- a/package/gluon-mesh-vpn-fastd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-mesh-vpn-fastd
+++ b/package/gluon-mesh-vpn-fastd/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/400-mesh-vpn-fastd
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ users.remove_user('gluon-fastd')
 users.add_group('gluon-fastd', 800)
 
 
-local enabled = uci:get('fastd', 'mesh_vpn', 'enabled') and 1 or 0
+local enabled = uci:get('fastd', 'mesh_vpn', 'enabled')
+if not enabled then
+  enabled = site.fastd_mesh_vpn.enabled and 1 or 0
+end
 
 local syslog_level = uci:get('fastd', 'mesh_vpn', 'syslog_level') or 'verbose'