diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0c89fd35..a8dbdb79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Boolean attributes now correctly account for profile and default
   values. #630
 - Kernvel version is shown correctly
+- Changing a profile always adds an empty default interface. #661
 
 ## [4.4.0rc3] 2022-12-23
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/profile/profile.go b/internal/pkg/api/profile/profile.go
index 57aa40b7..15fc4512 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/profile/profile.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/profile/profile.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 // NodeSet is the wwapiv1 implmentation for updating nodeinfo fields.
 func ProfileSet(set *wwapiv1.NodeSetParameter) (err error) {
-
 	if set == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("NodeAddParameter is nil")
 	}
@@ -85,6 +84,10 @@ func ProfileSetParameterCheck(set *wwapiv1.NodeSetParameter, console bool) (node
 	for _, p := range profiles {
 		if util.InSlice(set.NodeNames, p.Id.Get()) {
 			wwlog.Verbose("Evaluating profile: %s", p.Id.Get())
+			// Fix issue: https://github.com/hpcng/warewulf/issues/661
+			if p.Id.Get() == "default" && len(p.NetDevs) == 0 {
+				set.NetdevDelete = p.Id.Get()
+			}
 			p.SetFrom(&pConf)
 			if set.NetdevDelete != "" {
 				if _, ok := p.NetDevs[set.NetdevDelete]; !ok {