diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e9717cd883..b3e46b8e4d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-31  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
+		- (nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_mode): ignore ENODEV errors
+
 2007-10-29  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/nm-hal-manager.c
diff --git a/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c b/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
index 61d15007e1..acab00423d 100644
--- a/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
+++ b/src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
@@ -965,8 +965,10 @@ nm_device_802_11_wireless_get_mode (NMDevice80211Wireless *self)
 	if (iw_get_ext (nm_dev_sock_get_fd (sk), iface, SIOCGIWMODE, &wrq) == 0) {
 		if ((wrq.u.mode == IW_MODE_ADHOC) || (wrq.u.mode == IW_MODE_INFRA))
 			mode = wrq.u.mode;
-	} else
-		nm_warning ("error getting card mode on %s: %s", iface, strerror (errno));
+	} else {
+		if (errno != ENODEV)
+			nm_warning ("error getting card mode on %s: %s", iface, strerror (errno));
+	}
 	nm_dev_sock_close (sk);
 
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