diff --git a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/root/usr/lib/lua/mtkwifi.lua b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/root/usr/lib/lua/mtkwifi.lua
index b560cfb5dc..639d8f7128 100644
--- a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/root/usr/lib/lua/mtkwifi.lua
+++ b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/root/usr/lib/lua/mtkwifi.lua
@@ -1143,10 +1143,6 @@ function mtkwifi.__setup_vifs(cfgs, devname, mainidx, subidx)
         vifs[j].__bssid = rd_pipe_output and string.match(rd_pipe_output, "%x%x:%x%x:%x%x:%x%x:%x%x:%x%x") or "?"
 
         vifs[j].__temp_ssid = mtkwifi.__trim(mtkwifi.read_pipe("iwconfig "..vifs[j].vifname.." | grep ESSID | cut -d : -f 2"))
-        vifs[j].__temp_channel = mtkwifi.read_pipe("iwconfig "..vifs[j].vifname.." | grep Channel | cut -d = -f 2 | cut -d \" \" -f 1")
-        if string.gsub(vifs[j].__temp_channel, "^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1") == "" then
-            vifs[j].__temp_channel = mtkwifi.read_pipe("iwconfig "..vifs[j].vifname.." | grep Channel | cut -d : -f 3 | cut -d \" \" -f 1")
-        end
         if vifs[j].state == "up" then
             vifs[j].__wirelessmode_table = c_getWMode(vifs[j].vifname)
         else
@@ -1160,10 +1156,8 @@ function mtkwifi.__setup_vifs(cfgs, devname, mainidx, subidx)
             vifs[j].__ssid = cfgs["SSID"..j]
         end
 
-        if (vifs[j].__temp_channel ~= "" ) then
-            vifs[j].__temp_channel = mtkwifi.__trim(vifs[j].__temp_channel)
-            vifs[j].__channel = vifs[j].__temp_channel
-        else
+        vifs[j].__channel = tonumber(c_getChannel(vifs[j].vifname)['channel'])
+        if (vifs[j].__channel < 0) then
             vifs[j].__channel = cfgs.Channel
         end
 
diff --git a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/ioctl_helper.c b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/ioctl_helper.c
index 979d57953c..b64a7e0ade 100644
--- a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/ioctl_helper.c
+++ b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/ioctl_helper.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ int luaopen_ioctl_helper(lua_State *L)
 	lua_register(L,"c_getTempature",getTempature);
 	lua_register(L,"c_scanResult",scanResult);
 	lua_register(L,"c_getTxPower",getTxPower);
+	lua_register(L,"c_getChannel",getChannel);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -194,6 +195,44 @@ int get_macaddr(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int get_channel(const char *interface)
+{
+	int socket_id;
+	struct iwreq wrq;
+	int channel = -1;
+	socket_id = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (socket_id < 0) {
+		perror("socket() failed");
+		return socket_id;
+	}
+
+	snprintf(wrq.ifr_name, sizeof(wrq.ifr_name), "%s", interface);
+
+	if(ioctl(socket_id, SIOCGIWFREQ, &wrq) >= 0) {
+		channel = wrq.u.freq.m;
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: ioctl fail\n", __func__);
+	}
+
+	close(socket_id);
+
+	return channel;
+}
+
+int getChannel(lua_State *L)
+{
+	char tempstr[5] = {0};
+	const char *interface = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+
+	snprintf(tempstr, sizeof(tempstr), "%d", get_channel(interface));
+	lua_newtable(L);
+	lua_pushstring(L, "channel");  /* push key */
+	lua_pushstring(L, tempstr);  /* push value */
+	lua_settable(L, -3);
+	/* Returning one table which is already on top of Lua stack. */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int getWMOde(lua_State *L)
 {
 	char w_mode[5];
diff --git a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/mtwifi.h b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/mtwifi.h
index bc8181018e..ee5244f22d 100644
--- a/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/mtwifi.h
+++ b/package/mtk/applications/luci-app-mtk/src/mtwifi.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int StaInfo(lua_State *L);
 int getWMOde(lua_State *L);
 int getTxPower(lua_State *L);
 int getTempature(lua_State *L);
+int getChannel(lua_State *L);
 int scanResult(lua_State *L);
 void getRate(HTTRANSMIT_SETTING_FIX HTSetting, ULONG *fLastTxRxRate);
 void get_rate_he(UINT8 mcs, UINT8 bw, UINT8 nss, UINT8 dcm, ULONG *last_tx_rate);