diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/10-armbian-header b/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/10-armbian-header
index 7b8ee7096bea..df947c2d56be 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/10-armbian-header
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/etc/update-motd.d/10-armbian-header
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for f in $MOTD_DISABLE; do
 done
 
 function get_wan_address() {
-	curl --connect-timeout 2 -s http://whatismyip.akamai.com/
+	curl --max-time 2 -s http://whatismyip.akamai.com/
 } # get wan ip address
 
 function get_ip_addresses() {