--- /dev/null
+--- a/hostapd/driver_madwifi.c
++++ b/hostapd/driver_madwifi.c
+@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ madwifi_set_iface_flags(void *priv, int
+ {
+ struct madwifi_driver_data *drv = priv;
+ struct ifreq ifr;
++ short flags;
+
+ wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "%s: dev_up=%d", __func__, dev_up);
+
+@@ -312,10 +313,14 @@ madwifi_set_iface_flags(void *priv, int
+ return -1;
+ }
+
++ flags = ifr.ifr_flags;
+ if (dev_up)
+- ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP;
++ flags |= IFF_UP;
+ else
+- ifr.ifr_flags &= ~IFF_UP;
++ flags &= ~IFF_UP;
++
++ if (flags == ifr.ifr_flags)
++ return 0;
+
+ if (ioctl(drv->ioctl_sock, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr) != 0) {
+ perror("ioctl[SIOCSIFFLAGS]");