static void monitor_swap_reactors_single(struct rv_monitor *mon,
                                         struct rv_reactor *reactor,
-                                        bool reacting, bool nested)
+                                        bool nested)
 {
        bool monitor_enabled;
 
                rv_disable_monitor(mon);
 
        mon->reactor = reactor;
-       mon->reacting = reacting;
        mon->react = reactor->react;
 
        /* enable only once if iterating through a container */
                rv_enable_monitor(mon);
 }
 
-static void monitor_swap_reactors(struct rv_monitor *mon,
-                                 struct rv_reactor *reactor, bool reacting)
+static void monitor_swap_reactors(struct rv_monitor *mon, struct rv_reactor *reactor)
 {
        struct rv_monitor *p = mon;
 
                list_for_each_entry_continue(p, &rv_monitors_list, list) {
                        if (p->parent != mon)
                                break;
-                       monitor_swap_reactors_single(p, reactor, reacting, true);
+                       monitor_swap_reactors_single(p, reactor, true);
                }
        /*
         * This call enables and disables the monitor if they were active.
         * All nested monitors are enabled also if they were off, we may refine
         * this logic in the future.
         */
-       monitor_swap_reactors_single(mon, reactor, reacting, false);
+       monitor_swap_reactors_single(mon, reactor, false);
 }
 
 static ssize_t
        struct rv_reactor *reactor;
        struct seq_file *seq_f;
        int retval = -EINVAL;
-       bool enable;
        char *ptr;
        int len;
 
                if (strcmp(ptr, reactor->name) != 0)
                        continue;
 
-               if (strcmp(reactor->name, "nop"))
-                       enable = false;
-               else
-                       enable = true;
-
-               monitor_swap_reactors(mon, reactor, enable);
+               monitor_swap_reactors(mon, reactor);
 
                retval = count;
                break;
         * Configure as the rv_nop reactor.
         */
        mon->reactor = get_reactor_rdef_by_name("nop");
-       mon->reacting = false;
 
        return 0;
 }