--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
++++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+@@ -4435,9 +4435,11 @@ static int i802_set_wds_sta(void *priv,
+ wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "nl80211: Set WDS STA addr=" MACSTR
+ " aid=%d val=%d name=%s", MAC2STR(addr), aid, val, name);
+ if (val) {
+- if (nl80211_create_iface(drv, name, NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN,
++ if (!if_nametoindex(name)) {
++ if (nl80211_create_iface(drv, name, NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN,
+ NULL, 1) < 0)
+- return -1;
++ return -1;
++ }
+ linux_set_iface_flags(drv->ioctl_sock, name, 1);
+ return i802_set_sta_vlan(priv, addr, name, 0);
+ } else {