diff --git a/netmode/files/etc/uci-defaults/40_netmode_set_default_netmode b/netmode/files/etc/uci-defaults/40_netmode_set_default_netmode
index 02069c9f9..4b4e14ee1 100644
--- a/netmode/files/etc/uci-defaults/40_netmode_set_default_netmode
+++ b/netmode/files/etc/uci-defaults/40_netmode_set_default_netmode
@@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ if [ "$enabled" != "1" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+opconf_file="/opconf/opconf.json"
+[ -f $opconf_file ] || opconf_file="/usr_data/opconf/opconf.json"
+
 # Check if netmode getting provisioned from opconf, in case of opconf
 # provisioning, mode setting not required
-mode="$(jsonfilter -i /opconf/opconf.json -e @.netmode.mode 2>/dev/null)"
+mode="$(jsonfilter -i $opconf_file -e @.netmode.mode 2>/dev/null)"
 if [ -n "${mode}" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
 # Check if opconf has wan provisioning enabled, if yes, get the proto/mode from opconf
-proto="$(jsonfilter -i /usr_data/opconf/opconf.json -e '@.network.wan[@.name="wan"].proto' 2>/dev/null)"
+proto="$(jsonfilter -i $opconf_file -e '@.network.wan[@.name="wan"].proto' 2>/dev/null)"
 if [ -n "${proto}" ]; then
 	mode="routed-${proto}"
 	uci -q set netmode.global.mode="${mode}"