diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
index 142a0b9..74ba209 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
@@ -536,6 +536,13 @@
         // TODO: Wrap conntrackMonitor stopping function into mBpfCoordinatorShim.
         if (!isUsingBpf() || !mDeps.isAtLeastS()) return;
 
+        // Ignore stopping monitoring if the monitor has never started for a given IpServer.
+        if (!mMonitoringIpServers.contains(ipServer)) {
+            mLog.e("Ignore stopping monitoring because monitoring has never started for "
+                    + ipServer.interfaceName());
+            return;
+        }
+
         mMonitoringIpServers.remove(ipServer);
 
         if (!mMonitoringIpServers.isEmpty()) return;
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
index 758b533..ac92b43 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@
 
         // [1] Don't stop monitoring if it has never started.
         coordinator.stopMonitoring(mIpServer);
-        verify(mConntrackMonitor, never()).start();
+        verify(mConntrackMonitor, never()).stop();
 
         // [2] Start monitoring.
         coordinator.startMonitoring(mIpServer);