diff --git a/questd/src/questd.c b/questd/src/questd.c
index ebcd64a00..b9a46c5b8 100644
--- a/questd/src/questd.c
+++ b/questd/src/questd.c
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ wireless_assoclist()
 			while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), assoclist) != NULL)
 			{
 				remove_newline(line);
+				stas[j].exists = false;
 				if (sscanf(line, "assoclist %s", stas[j].macaddr) == 1) {
 					stas[j].exists = true;
 					strcpy(stas[j].wdev, wireless[i].vif);