diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-hardware-optimization b/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-hardware-optimization
index 6793e4cd26..53afb82dab 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-hardware-optimization
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-hardware-optimization
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ prepare_board() {
 			for i in $(awk -F":" "/xhci/ {print \$1}" < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g'); do
 				echo 4 > /proc/irq/$i/smp_affinity
 			done
+			# Most boards get eth0 as main ethernet interface name, but Helios64 doesn't, see below
+			_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name=eth0
 			case ${BOARD_NAME} in
 				"Helios64")
 					for i in $(awk -F":" "/xhci/ {print \$1}" < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g'); do
@@ -221,21 +223,23 @@ prepare_board() {
 					for i in $(awk -F":" "/ahci/ {print \$1}" < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g'); do
 						echo 30 > /proc/irq/$i/smp_affinity
 					done
+					_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name=end0
 					;;
 				*)
 					;;
 			esac
 
-			# Wait (up to 5s) until eth0 brought up
+
+			# Wait (up to 5s) until eth0/end0 brought up
 			for i in {1..5}; do
-				grep -q "eth0" /proc/interrupts && break
+				grep -q "$_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name" /proc/interrupts && break
 				sleep 1
 			done
 
-			echo 8 > /proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/eth0/ {print \$1}" < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g')/smp_affinity
-			echo 7 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
+			echo 8 > /proc/irq/$(awk -F":" "/${_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name}/ {print \$1}" < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g')/smp_affinity
+			echo 7 > /sys/class/net/${_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name}/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
 			echo 32768 > /proc/sys/net/core/rps_sock_flow_entries
-			echo 32768 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_flow_cnt
+			echo 32768 > /sys/class/net/${_rockchip64_ethernet_interface_name}/queues/rx-0/rps_flow_cnt
 			;;
 		rk3399)
 			for i in $(awk -F':' '/gpu/{print $1}' < /proc/interrupts | sed 's/\ //g'); do