diff --git a/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c b/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
index 364023e4..2040f390 100644
--- a/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
+++ b/src/core/ipv4/etharp.c
@@ -875,6 +875,9 @@ etharp_output(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *q, const ip4_addr_t *ipaddr)
       if (etharp_cached_entry < ARP_TABLE_SIZE) {
 #endif /* LWIP_NETIF_HWADDRHINT */
         if ((arp_table[etharp_cached_entry].state >= ETHARP_STATE_STABLE) &&
+#if ETHARP_TABLE_MATCH_NETIF
+            (arp_table[etharp_cached_entry].netif == netif) &&
+#endif
             (ip4_addr_cmp(dst_addr, &arp_table[etharp_cached_entry].ipaddr))) {
           /* the per-pcb-cached entry is stable and the right one! */
           ETHARP_STATS_INC(etharp.cachehit);
@@ -889,6 +892,9 @@ etharp_output(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *q, const ip4_addr_t *ipaddr)
        throughput and etharp_find_entry() is kind of slow */
     for (i = 0; i < ARP_TABLE_SIZE; i++) {
       if ((arp_table[i].state >= ETHARP_STATE_STABLE) &&
+#if ETHARP_TABLE_MATCH_NETIF
+          (arp_table[i].netif == netif) &&
+#endif
           (ip4_addr_cmp(dst_addr, &arp_table[i].ipaddr))) {
         /* found an existing, stable entry */
         ETHARP_SET_HINT(netif, i);