diff --git a/addon/lib/rmupdate.tcl b/addon/lib/rmupdate.tcl
index ab88392..ed68945 100644
--- a/addon/lib/rmupdate.tcl
+++ b/addon/lib/rmupdate.tcl
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ proc ::rmupdate::wlan_scan {{as_json 0} {device "wlan0"}} {
 	array set ssids {}
 	catch { exec rfkill unblock 0 }
 	catch { exec rfkill unblock 1 }
+	catch { exec ip link set $device up }
 	set data [exec /usr/sbin/iw $device scan]
 	set cur_ssid ""
 	set cur_signal ""