diff --git a/src/monitor.c b/src/monitor.c
index 18e7877..243452e 100644
--- a/src/monitor.c
+++ b/src/monitor.c
@@ -360,8 +360,9 @@ static int monitor_gluon_node_parse_ie(const uint8_t *ie, size_t ie_len, void *d
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (ie_len < 6 + 3) {
-		log_error("IE is too short.");
+	/* Need header + OUI + vendor type before inspecting vendor-specific fields */
+	if (ie_len < 6) {
+		log_debug("Vendor IE too short to inspect OUI.");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -375,6 +376,11 @@ static int monitor_gluon_node_parse_ie(const uint8_t *ie, size_t ie_len, void *d
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (ie_len < 6 + 3) {
+		log_error("Gluon node IE is too short.");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	log_debug("Found gluon node IE length=%d", gluon_tlv_len);
 
 	/* Validate TLVs. We can re-use the ieee80211 helper for this */