diff --git a/main/iptables/APKBUILD b/main/iptables/APKBUILD
index d99bca77dfa..4233d9a9204 100644
--- a/main/iptables/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/iptables/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=iptables
 pkgver=1.8.10
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Linux kernel firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"
 url="https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html"
 arch="all"
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ openrc() {
 sha512sums="
 71e6ed2260859157d61981a4fe5039dc9e8d7da885a626a4b5dae8164c509a9d9f874286b9468bb6a462d6e259d4d32d5967777ecefdd8a293011ae80c00f153  iptables-1.8.10.tar.xz
 ac78898c2acbe66ed8d32a06f41ff08cde7c22c3df6dfec6bc89a912d2cef2bde730de19d25a5407886d567cb0972a0b7bde7e6b18a34c4511495b4dad3b90ad  use-sh-iptables-apply.patch
-f542e7ba27fff8913838f8e6a7b8d31e076b85634b9a24b4bc074597f34737febad2186b1ac80f3019c03b09bc3ce42f1f9624aaadf7a2f1edc501f90d4c04f8  iptables.initd
+7c1c8caa9a94f829db5a41ec00a6f3d6ce064843c6a5dd0578782baa9642cb5c219965a406ef1fd61509ab1f2f43812571d50f3dbec3dcfd9f46d394564ba4f3  iptables.initd
 cb7fecd5cab2c78bd3f215a41f39ec11c37eb360efbe83982378a0e647e0aa9dc0b7ec915a5b5081aa2f7747464787e69404aa15ba15a063c32cb8fb7dd13d1e  iptables.confd
 0897a7a22f8b700f7f1f5c355ad6cbf39740e44d6c962af99e479978d8a2d556ca7fe4e31f238829046b4a871ce0b5fd52e2544f1361d15dd1ea3e33992646c4  ip6tables.confd
-3265c9112fed049327826f9a8f8d6b79560bf393e5c81b58c2a9d0737ed5c5b5a49af0b70a5fc75235c304143e545d6108e769620e43254242cb1507d7fe539a  ebtables.initd
+6f3a7e3f6cedff9e73aa0fb959c92a93b2c484ae3c9b48d9522d1ee1e5ee4e2af12be8c3d73b932fe7f5716b5dd1c5cdfde729a808c0ae9a7dbd4ceec93e5a32  ebtables.initd
 1623109d7b564b817904e35b6c6964ce84fe123a8ae1b656944648a39cfef719431cfad313b48eb36ae53a0d1a6b388a5caec1a990448d02f77e5d12b1f7ee9d  ebtables.confd
 "
diff --git a/main/iptables/ebtables.initd b/main/iptables/ebtables.initd
index 705468801f9..51a296d1795 100644
--- a/main/iptables/ebtables.initd
+++ b/main/iptables/ebtables.initd
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fi
 
 # Add ip netns if configured to run in a netns namespace
 if [ -n "$netns" ]; then
+	test -e /run/netns/$netns || ip netns add $netns
 	ebtables_bin="ip netns exec $netns $ebtables_bin"
 fi
 
diff --git a/main/iptables/iptables.initd b/main/iptables/iptables.initd
index 8d0809f3d99..857dd796de9 100644
--- a/main/iptables/iptables.initd
+++ b/main/iptables/iptables.initd
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ esac
 
 # Add ip netns if configured to run in a netns namespace
 if [ -n "$netns" ]; then
+	test -e /run/netns/$netns || ip netns add $netns
 	iptables_bin="ip netns exec $netns $iptables_bin"
 fi