diff --git a/src/socket_base.cpp b/src/socket_base.cpp
index ea178a8687..3dcae563d1 100644
--- a/src/socket_base.cpp
+++ b/src/socket_base.cpp
@@ -1497,12 +1497,12 @@ int zmq::socket_base_t::monitor (const char *addr_, int events_)
     int linger = 0;
     int rc = zmq_setsockopt (monitor_socket, ZMQ_LINGER, &linger, sizeof (linger));
     if (rc == -1)
-        stop_monitor ();
+        stop_monitor (false);
 
     //  Spawn the monitor socket endpoint
     rc = zmq_bind (monitor_socket, addr_);
     if (rc == -1)
-         stop_monitor ();
+         stop_monitor (false);
     return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1598,10 +1598,10 @@ void zmq::socket_base_t::monitor_event (int event_, int value_, const std::strin
     }
 }
 
-void zmq::socket_base_t::stop_monitor (void)
+void zmq::socket_base_t::stop_monitor (bool send_monitor_stopped_event_)
 {
     if (monitor_socket) {
-        if (monitor_events & ZMQ_EVENT_MONITOR_STOPPED)
+        if ((monitor_events & ZMQ_EVENT_MONITOR_STOPPED) && send_monitor_stopped_event_)
             monitor_event (ZMQ_EVENT_MONITOR_STOPPED, 0, "");
         zmq_close (monitor_socket);
         monitor_socket = NULL;
diff --git a/src/socket_base.hpp b/src/socket_base.hpp
index 8d82842443..4e0571ae8a 100644
--- a/src/socket_base.hpp
+++ b/src/socket_base.hpp
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace zmq
         void monitor_event (int event_, int value_, const std::string& addr_);
 
         // Monitor socket cleanup
-        void stop_monitor ();
+        void stop_monitor (bool send_monitor_stopped_event_ = true);
         
         // Next assigned name on a zmq_connect() call used by ROUTER and STREAM socket types
         std::string connect_rid;