diff --git a/linux/CHANGELOG b/linux/CHANGELOG
index ebb0047..1c242c2 100644
--- a/linux/CHANGELOG
+++ b/linux/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project **does not adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/sp
 
 ### Changed
 
+* IS_AUTOIF: check only statically defined interfaces
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/linux/evocheck.sh b/linux/evocheck.sh
index e924deb..658d127 100755
--- a/linux/evocheck.sh
+++ b/linux/evocheck.sh
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ check_autoif() {
         interfaces=$(/sbin/ifconfig -s | tail -n +2 | grep -E -v "^(lo|vnet|docker|veth|tun|tap|macvtap|vrrp)" | cut -d " " -f 1 |tr "\n" " ")
     fi
     for interface in $interfaces; do
-        if ! grep -Rq "^auto $interface" /etc/network/interfaces*; then
-            failed "IS_AUTOIF" "Network interface \`${interface}' is not set to auto"
+        if grep -Rq "^iface $interface" /etc/network/interfaces* && ! grep -Rq "^auto $interface" /etc/network/interfaces*; then
+            failed "IS_AUTOIF" "Network interface \`${interface}' is statically defined but not set to auto"
             test "${VERBOSE}" = 1 || break
         fi
     done