diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index a82a1bad..ce4aea42 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -896,13 +896,6 @@ void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 				new_graph(obj, p, p_max_size, round_to_int(cur->cpu_usage[obj->data.i] * 100));
 			}
 #endif /* X11 */
-#if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__linux__))
-			OBJ(if_up) {
-				if (!interface_up(obj)) {
-					DO_JUMP;
-				}
-			}
-#endif
 #ifdef X11
 			OBJ(font) {
 				new_font(p, obj->data.s);
diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 437471bd..78cd00fe 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg, long
 #if (defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__linux__))
 	END OBJ_IF_ARG(if_up, 0, "if_up needs an argument")
 		parse_if_up_arg(obj, arg);
+		obj->callbacks.iftest = &interface_up;
 		obj->callbacks.free = &free_if_up;
 #endif
 #if defined(__OpenBSD__)