--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/zebra/rt_netlink.c b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+index 61b2505..e766259 100644
+--- a/zebra/rt_netlink.c
++++ b/zebra/rt_netlink.c
+@@ -487,6 +487,17 @@ netlink_interface (struct sockaddr_nl *snl, struct nlmsghdr *h)
+ /* Looking up interface name. */
+ memset (tb, 0, sizeof tb);
+ netlink_parse_rtattr (tb, IFLA_MAX, IFLA_RTA (ifi), len);
++
++#ifdef IFLA_WIRELESS
++ /* check for wireless messages to ignore */
++ if ((tb[IFLA_WIRELESS] != NULL) && (ifi->ifi_change == 0))
++ {
++ if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL)
++ zlog_debug ("%s: ignoring IFLA_WIRELESS message", __func__);
++ return 0;
++ }
++#endif /* IFLA_WIRELESS */
++
+ if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ name = (char *) RTA_DATA (tb[IFLA_IFNAME]);
+@@ -943,6 +954,17 @@ netlink_link_change (struct sockaddr_nl *snl, struct nlmsghdr *h)
+ /* Looking up interface name. */
+ memset (tb, 0, sizeof tb);
+ netlink_parse_rtattr (tb, IFLA_MAX, IFLA_RTA (ifi), len);
++
++#ifdef IFLA_WIRELESS
++ /* check for wireless messages to ignore */
++ if ((tb[IFLA_WIRELESS] != NULL) && (ifi->ifi_change == 0))
++ {
++ if (IS_ZEBRA_DEBUG_KERNEL)
++ zlog_debug ("%s: ignoring IFLA_WIRELESS message", __func__);
++ return 0;
++ }
++#endif /* IFLA_WIRELESS */
++
+ if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] == NULL)
+ return -1;
+ name = (char *) RTA_DATA (tb[IFLA_IFNAME]);