diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vips.php b/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vips.php
index 1ccd48eb98..8c52b70d7e 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vips.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vips.php
@@ -86,15 +86,19 @@ foreach (glob("/tmp/delete_vip_*.todo") as $filename) {
     unlink($filename);
 }
 
+$virtualip_vips = config_read_array('virtualip', 'vip', false);
+
 // diff model and actual ifconfig
-if (!empty($config['virtualip']['vip'])) {
+if (count($virtualip_vips)) {
     $interfaces = [];
+
     foreach (legacy_config_get_interfaces() as $interfaceKey => $itf) {
         if (!empty($itf['if']) && ($itf['type'] ?? '') != 'group') {
             $interfaces[$interfaceKey] = $itf['if'];
         }
     }
-    foreach ($config['virtualip']['vip'] as $vipent) {
+
+    foreach ($virtualip_vips as $vipent) {
         if (!empty($vipent['interface']) && !empty($interfaces[$vipent['interface']])) {
             $if = $interfaces[$vipent['interface']];
             $subnet = $vipent['subnet'];
diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vlans.php b/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vlans.php
index 6b50fb2c38..38d170b8f2 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vlans.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/interfaces/reconfigure_vlans.php
@@ -50,15 +50,14 @@ if (file_exists($vfilename) && filesize($vfilename) > 0) {
         flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
     }
 }
+
 /* merge configured vlans */
-if (!empty($config['vlans']['vlan'])) {
-    foreach ($config['vlans']['vlan'] as $vlan) {
-        $all_vlans[$vlan['vlanif']] = $vlan;
-        if (!isset($all_parents[$vlan['if']])) {
-            $all_parents[$vlan['if']] = 0;
-        }
-        $all_parents[$vlan['if']]++;
+foreach (config_read_array('vlans', 'vlan', false) as $vlan) {
+    $all_vlans[$vlan['vlanif']] = $vlan;
+    if (!isset($all_parents[$vlan['if']])) {
+        $all_parents[$vlan['if']] = 0;
     }
+    $all_parents[$vlan['if']]++;
 }
 
 /* handle existing vlans */