diff --git a/package/base-files/files/bin/ipcalc.sh b/package/base-files/files/bin/ipcalc.sh
index 56854b4104105d1ecbebff93e16895e6124823e1..6e72617e1b2fba89fd0d8e21e7651b4dd4d22ad2 100755
--- a/package/base-files/files/bin/ipcalc.sh
+++ b/package/base-files/files/bin/ipcalc.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	}
 
 	if (ipaddr > start && ipaddr < end) {
-		print "ipaddr inside range" > "/dev/stderr"
-		exit(1)
+		print "warning: ipaddr inside range - this might not be supported in future releases of Openwrt" > "/dev/stderr"
 	}
 
 	print "START="int2ip(start)