diff --git a/feeds/ucentral/ucentral-event/files/ucentral-event b/feeds/ucentral/ucentral-event/files/ucentral-event
index 1a2cc5157..54fb8f67b 100755
--- a/feeds/ucentral/ucentral-event/files/ucentral-event
+++ b/feeds/ucentral/ucentral-event/files/ucentral-event
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+push(REQUIRE_SEARCH_PATH, '/usr/share/ucentral/*.uc');
+
 import * as libubus from 'ubus';
 import * as libuci from 'uci';
 import * as uloop from 'uloop';
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ let ucentral_running = false;
 let pending_events = [];
 let relay = {};
 let net_config = {};
+let vlan_refcount = {};
 
 
 function config_load() {
@@ -52,6 +55,20 @@ function config_load() {
 	net_config = {};
 }
 
+function vlan_refcount_init() {
+	let stations = require('wifi.station');
+
+	vlan_refcount = {};
+
+	for (let k, v in stations) {
+		let vlan = split(k, '-v')[1];
+		let count = length(v);
+		if (vlan && count > 0) {
+			vlan_refcount[vlan] = count;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 function match(object, type, list) {
 	if (object in list || type in list)
 		return true;
@@ -258,6 +275,13 @@ handlers = {
 	},
 
 	vlan_add: function(notify) {
+		let vlan_id = `${notify.data.vlan_id}`;
+		vlan_refcount[vlan_id] = (vlan_refcount[vlan_id] || 0) + 1;
+
+		if (vlan_refcount[vlan_id] > 1) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (config.config.swconfig)
 			return handlers.vlan_add_swconfig(notify);
 
@@ -280,6 +304,14 @@ handlers = {
 	},
 
 	vlan_remove: function(notify) {
+		let vlan_id = `${notify.data.vlan_id}`;
+		vlan_refcount[vlan_id] = (vlan_refcount[vlan_id] || 1) - 1;
+
+		if (vlan_refcount[vlan_id] > 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+		delete vlan_refcount[vlan_id];
+
 		if (config.config.swconfig)
 			return;
 		for (let wan in wan_ports) {
@@ -624,6 +656,7 @@ let ubus_methods = {
 };
 
 config_load();
+vlan_refcount_init();
 
 hapd_subscriber = ubus.subscriber(hapd_subscriber_notify_cb, hapd_subscriber_remove_cb);
 dhcp_subscriber = ubus.subscriber(dhcp_subscriber_notify_cb, dhcp_subscriber_remove_cb);