struct ieee80211_if_mntr {
        u32 flags;
        u8 mu_follow_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
+
+       struct list_head list;
 };
 
 /**
 
        /* see iface.c */
        struct list_head interfaces;
+       struct list_head mon_list; /* only that are IFF_UP && !cooked */
        struct mutex iflist_mtx;
 
        /*
 
 
        set_bit(SDATA_STATE_RUNNING, &sdata->state);
 
-       if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS) {
+       switch (sdata->vif.type) {
+       case NL80211_IFTYPE_WDS:
                /* Create STA entry for the WDS peer */
                sta = sta_info_alloc(sdata, sdata->u.wds.remote_addr,
                                     GFP_KERNEL);
 
                rate_control_rate_init(sta);
                netif_carrier_on(dev);
-       } else if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE) {
+               break;
+       case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_DEVICE:
                rcu_assign_pointer(local->p2p_sdata, sdata);
+               break;
+       case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
+               if (sdata->u.mntr.flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES)
+                       break;
+               list_add_tail_rcu(&sdata->u.mntr.list, &local->mon_list);
+               break;
+       default:
+               break;
        }
 
        /*
        case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
                cancel_work_sync(&sdata->u.ap.request_smps_work);
                break;
+       case NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR:
+               if (sdata->u.mntr.flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES)
+                       break;
+               list_del_rcu(&sdata->u.mntr.list);
+               break;
        default:
                break;
        }
 
                ARRAY_SIZE(local->ext_capa);
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local->interfaces);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local->mon_list);
 
        __hw_addr_init(&local->mc_list);
 
 
        skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
        skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
 
-       list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
-               if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
-                       continue;
-
-               if (sdata->u.mntr.flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES)
-                       continue;
-
-               if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
-                       continue;
-
+       list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->mon_list, u.mntr.list) {
                if (prev_dev) {
                        skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        if (skb2) {