diff --git a/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_router.go b/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_router.go
index c6928b03..f73f41af 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_router.go
+++ b/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_router.go
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ func (r *Router) processMsg(msg []byte) {
 func (r *Router) processRouteMonitoringMsg(msg *bmppkt.RouteMonitoringMsg) {
 	atomic.AddUint64(&r.counters.routeMonitoringMessages, 1)
 
+	if !msg.PerPeerHeader.GetLFlag() { // we're only interested in post-policy routes
+		return
+	}
+
 	n := r.neighborManager.getNeighbor(msg.PerPeerHeader.PeerDistinguisher, msg.PerPeerHeader.PeerAddress)
 	if n == nil {
 		log.Errorf("Received route monitoring message for non-existent neighbor %d/%v on %s", msg.PerPeerHeader.PeerDistinguisher, msg.PerPeerHeader.PeerAddress, r.address.String())
diff --git a/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_server_test.go b/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_server_test.go
index f26e77a5..7c6e4aaf 100644
--- a/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_server_test.go
+++ b/protocols/bgp/server/bmp_server_test.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func TestBMPServer(t *testing.T) {
 		0, // Msg Type (route monitoring)
 
 		0,                        // Peer Type (global instance peer)
-		0b00100000,               // Peer Flags
+		0b01100000,               // Peer Flags
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 123, // Peer Distinguisher
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 1, 1, 1, // Peer Address (10.1.1.1)
 		0, 0, 0, 200, // Peer AS = 200
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func TestBMPServer(t *testing.T) {
 		0, // Msg Type (route monitoring)
 
 		0,                        // Peer Type (global instance peer)
-		0b00100000,               // Peer Flags
+		0b01100000,               // Peer Flags
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 123, // Peer Distinguisher
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10, 1, 2, 1, // Peer Address (10.1.2.1)
 		0, 0, 0, 222, // Peer AS = 222