diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/fsm.c b/src/netif/ppp/fsm.c
index 16f4b679..ee549f23 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/fsm.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/fsm.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ fsm_timeout(void *arg)
       break;
 
     default:
-      FSMDEBUG((LOG_INFO, "%s: Timeout event in state %d (%s)!\n",
+      FSMDEBUG((LOG_INFO, "%s: UNHANDLED timeout event in state %d (%s)!\n",
           PROTO_NAME(f), f->state, ppperr_strerr[f->state]));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/ipcp.c b/src/netif/ppp/ipcp.c
index 3a403a0a..0ff4ce3f 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/ipcp.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/ipcp.c
@@ -183,20 +183,7 @@ static fsm_callbacks ipcp_callbacks = { /* IPCP callback routines */
 /*** LOCAL FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ***/
 /**********************************/
 
-/*
- * Non-standard inet_ntoa left here for compat with original ppp
- * sources. Assumes u32_t instead of struct in_addr.
- */ 
-
-char *
-_inet_ntoa(u32_t n)
-{
-  struct in_addr ia;
-  ia.s_addr = n;
-  return inet_ntoa(ia);
-}
-
-#define inet_ntoa _inet_ntoa
+#define inet_ntoa(addr) ip_ntoa(((struct ip_addr*)&(addr)))
 
 /*
  * ipcp_init - Initialize IPCP.
diff --git a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
index c1e38730..13fa5ed0 100644
--- a/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/src/netif/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ int pppOverEthernetOpen(struct netif *ethif, const char *service_name, const cha
     pppControl[pd].openFlag = !0;
   }
 
-  /* Launch a deamon thread. */
+  /* PPP session descriptor found, start PPPoE */
   if (pd >= 0) {
 
     pppControl[pd].openFlag = 1;
@@ -1369,6 +1369,8 @@ sifdown(int pd)
     PPPDEBUG((LOG_WARNING, "sifdown[%d]: bad parms\n", pd));
   } else {
     pc->if_up = 0;
+    /* make sure the netif status callback is called */
+    netif_set_down(&pc->netif);
     netif_remove(&pc->netif);
     PPPDEBUG((LOG_DEBUG, "sifdown: unit %d: linkStatusCB=%lx errCode=%d\n", pd, pc->linkStatusCB, pc->errCode));
     if(pc->linkStatusCB) {