diff --git a/heartbeat/ethmonitor b/heartbeat/ethmonitor
index 451738a0b..f9c9ef4bd 100755
--- a/heartbeat/ethmonitor
+++ b/heartbeat/ethmonitor
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ if_init() {
 			validate-all)
 				ocf_exit_reason "Interface $NIC does not exist"
 				exit $OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED;;
+			monitor)
+				ocf_log debug "Interface $NIC does not exist"
+				;;
 			*)	
 				## It might be a bond interface which is temporarily not available, therefore we want to continue here
 				ocf_log warn "Interface $NIC does not exist"