diff --git a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/10-net b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/10-net
index ef5900464..42ff29e79 100644
--- a/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/10-net
+++ b/package/base-files/files/etc/hotplug.d/net/10-net
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ delif() {
 	for ifc in $interfaces; do
 		config_get iftype "$ifc" type
 		config_get ifs "$ifc" device
-		confdevs="$(uci get network.$ifc.ifname)"
+		confdevs="$(uci_get network.$ifc.ifname)"
 		for dev in $ifs; do
 			[ "${dev%%\.*}" = "$INTERFACE" ] && {
 				list_contains confdevs "$dev" || list_remove ifs "$dev"
diff --git a/package/base-files/files/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script b/package/base-files/files/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
index b32b2c9f2..ceabf4bf3 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
+++ b/package/base-files/files/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ change_state () {
 	uci_set_state "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4"
 }
 
-uci_get() {
-	[ -n "$ifc" ] || return
-	uci -P /dev/null get "$1" 2>/dev/null
-}
-
 setup_interface () {
 	local old_ip
 	local old_broadcast
diff --git a/package/busybox/files/cron b/package/busybox/files/cron
index 2e020bbc6..d99793709 100755
--- a/package/busybox/files/cron
+++ b/package/busybox/files/cron
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 START=50
 
 start () {
-	loglevel=$(/sbin/uci get "system.@system[0].cronloglevel" 2>/dev/null)
+	loglevel=$(uci_get "system.@system[0].cronloglevel")
 	[ -z "$(ls /etc/crontabs/)" ] && exit 1
 	mkdir -p /var/spool/cron
 	ln -s /etc/crontabs /var/spool/cron/ 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/package/uci/Makefile b/package/uci/Makefile
index 3ce9e9ee3..bf0107f77 100644
--- a/package/uci/Makefile
+++ b/package/uci/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ UCI_RELEASE=5
 
 PKG_NAME:=uci
 PKG_VERSION:=$(UCI_VERSION)$(if $(UCI_RELEASE),.$(UCI_RELEASE))
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_REV:=aa3ab8012bfbf793d2884c08ea924545a04e9544
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/package/uci/files/lib/config/uci.sh b/package/uci/files/lib/config/uci.sh
index 851a0d779..d759615bd 100644
--- a/package/uci/files/lib/config/uci.sh
+++ b/package/uci/files/lib/config/uci.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Shell script compatibility wrappers for /sbin/uci
 #
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2010  OpenWrt.org
 # Copyright (C) 2008  Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -41,9 +42,9 @@ uci_load() {
 
 uci_set_default() {
 	local PACKAGE="$1"
-	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} -q show "$1" > /dev/null && return 0
-	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} import "$1"
-	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} commit "$1"
+	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} -q show "$PACKAGE" > /dev/null && return 0
+	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} import "$PACKAGE"
+	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} commit "$PACKAGE"
 }
 
 uci_revert_state() {
@@ -73,6 +74,23 @@ uci_set() {
 	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} set "$PACKAGE.$CONFIG.$OPTION=$VALUE"
 }
 
+uci_get_state() {
+	uci_get "$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "/var/state"
+}
+
+uci_get() {
+	local PACKAGE="$1"
+	local CONFIG="$2"
+	local OPTION="$3"
+	local DEFAULT="$4"
+	local STATE="$5"
+
+	/sbin/uci ${UCI_CONFIG_DIR:+-c $UCI_CONFIG_DIR} ${STATE:+-P $STATE} -q get "$PACKAGE${CONFIG:+.$CONFIG}${OPTION:+.$OPTION}"
+	RET="$?"
+	[ "$RET" -ne 0 ] && [ -n "$DEFAULT" ] && echo "$DEFAULT"
+	return "$RET"
+}
+
 uci_add() {
 	local PACKAGE="$1"
 	local TYPE="$2"
diff --git a/package/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init b/package/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
index 14f8fc4c4..58f980c42 100755
--- a/package/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
+++ b/package/uhttpd/files/uhttpd.init
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ start_instance()
 	UHTTPD_KEY=""
 
 	local cfg="$1"
-	local realm="$(uci get system.@system[0].hostname 2>/dev/null)"
+	local realm="$(uci_get system.@system[0].hostname)"
 	local listen http https
 
 	append_arg "$cfg" home "-h"