diff --git a/bindings/SigarWrapper.pm b/bindings/SigarWrapper.pm
index 2150c7c1..f7ed8d17 100644
--- a/bindings/SigarWrapper.pm
+++ b/bindings/SigarWrapper.pm
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ use vars qw(%classes %cmds);
          plat => ''
       },
       {
-         name => 'default_interface', type => 'String',
+         name => 'default_gateway_interface', type => 'String',
          desc => '',
          plat => ''
       },
diff --git a/include/sigar.h b/include/sigar.h
index 31e4810f..e1192949 100644
--- a/include/sigar.h
+++ b/include/sigar.h
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 typedef struct {
     char default_gateway[SIGAR_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-    char default_interface[16];
+    char default_gateway_interface[16];
     char host_name[SIGAR_MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
     char domain_name[SIGAR_MAXDOMAINNAMELEN];
     char primary_dns[SIGAR_INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
diff --git a/src/sigar.c b/src/sigar.c
index 6914ea40..3ea3ea50 100644
--- a/src/sigar.c
+++ b/src/sigar.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ int sigar_who_list_get(sigar_t *sigar,
 #endif
 
 static int sigar_get_default_gateway(sigar_t *sigar,
-                                     char *gateway)
+                                     sigar_net_info_t *netinfo)
 {
     int status, i;
     sigar_net_route_list_t routelist;
@@ -1252,7 +1252,11 @@ static int sigar_get_default_gateway(sigar_t *sigar,
         {
             sigar_net_address_to_string(sigar,
                                         &routelist.data[i].gateway,
-                                        gateway);
+                                        netinfo->default_gateway);
+
+            SIGAR_STRNCPY(netinfo->default_gateway_interface,
+                          routelist.data[i].ifname,
+                          sizeof(netinfo->default_gateway_interface));
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -1262,33 +1266,6 @@ static int sigar_get_default_gateway(sigar_t *sigar,
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }
 
-static int sigar_get_default_interface(sigar_t *sigar,
-                                     char *interface, int interfacelen)
-{
-    int status, i;
-    char *ifname;
-    sigar_net_route_list_t routelist;
-
-    status = sigar_net_route_list_get(sigar, &routelist);
-    if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
-        return status;
-    }
-
-    for (i=0; i<routelist.number; i++) {
-        if ((routelist.data[i].flags & SIGAR_RTF_GATEWAY) &&
-            (routelist.data[i].destination.addr.in == 0))
-        {
-            SIGAR_STRNCPY(interface, routelist.data[i].ifname, interfacelen);
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    sigar_net_route_list_destroy(sigar, &routelist);
-
-    return SIGAR_OK;
-}
-
-
 int sigar_net_info_get(sigar_t *sigar,
                        sigar_net_info_t *netinfo)
 {
@@ -1343,9 +1320,7 @@ int sigar_net_info_get(sigar_t *sigar,
         netinfo->domain_name[0] = '\0';
     }
 
-    sigar_get_default_gateway(sigar, netinfo->default_gateway);
-    sigar_get_default_interface(sigar, netinfo->default_interface,
-                                sizeof(netinfo->default_interface));
+    sigar_get_default_gateway(sigar, netinfo);
 
     return SIGAR_OK;
 }