diff --git a/src/network/utils/simple-net-device.cc b/src/network/utils/simple-net-device.cc
index 23111449b..79f1527d4 100644
--- a/src/network/utils/simple-net-device.cc
+++ b/src/network/utils/simple-net-device.cc
@@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ SimpleNetDevice::IsPointToPoint (void) const
     {
       return true;
     }
+#ifdef NS3_MTP
+  return true;
+#else
   return false;
+#endif
 }
 
 bool