--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
++++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ static void wpa_driver_nl80211_event_rtm
+ return;
+ }
+
++ if (ifi->ifi_family == AF_BRIDGE &&
++ drv->nlmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
++ return;
++
+ wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "RTM_NEWLINK: operstate=%d ifi_flags=0x%x "
+ "(%s%s%s%s)",
+ drv->operstate, ifi->ifi_flags,
+@@ -481,6 +485,10 @@ static void wpa_driver_nl80211_event_rtm
+ attrlen = len;
+ attr = (struct rtattr *) buf;
+
++ if (ifi->ifi_family == AF_BRIDGE &&
++ drv->nlmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
++ return;
++
+ rta_len = RTA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtattr));
+ while (RTA_OK(attr, attrlen)) {
+ if (attr->rta_type == IFLA_IFNAME) {
+@@ -1347,6 +1355,9 @@ static int wpa_driver_nl80211_init_nl(st
+ eloop_register_read_sock(nl_socket_get_fd(drv->nl_handle_event),
+ wpa_driver_nl80211_event_receive, drv, ctx);
+
++ drv->num_if_indices = sizeof(drv->default_if_indices) / sizeof(int);
++ drv->if_indices = drv->default_if_indices;
++
+ return 0;
+
+ err4:
+@@ -4867,8 +4878,6 @@ static void *i802_init(struct hostapd_da
+ br_ifindex = 0;
+ }
+
+- drv->num_if_indices = sizeof(drv->default_if_indices) / sizeof(int);
+- drv->if_indices = drv->default_if_indices;
+ for (i = 0; i < params->num_bridge; i++) {
+ if (params->bridge[i]) {
+ ifindex = if_nametoindex(params->bridge[i]);