diff --git a/modules/wifi/wifi.go b/modules/wifi/wifi.go
index f98a07b1..775dd870 100644
--- a/modules/wifi/wifi.go
+++ b/modules/wifi/wifi.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ type WiFiModule struct {
 	apRunning           bool
 	showManuf           bool
 	apConfig            packets.Dot11ApConfig
+	probeMac            net.HardwareAddr
 	writes              *sync.WaitGroup
 	reads               *sync.WaitGroup
 	chanLock            *sync.Mutex
@@ -203,12 +204,11 @@ func NewWiFiModule(s *session.Session) *WiFiModule {
 	probe := session.NewModuleHandler("wifi.probe BSSID ESSID",
 		`wifi\.probe\s+([a-fA-F0-9:]{11,})\s+([^\s].+)`,
 		"Sends a fake client probe with the given station BSSID, searching for ESSID.",
-		func(args []string) error {
-			bssid, err := net.ParseMAC(args[0])
-			if err != nil {
+		func(args []string) (err error) {
+			if mod.probeMac, err = net.ParseMAC(args[0]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return mod.startProbing(bssid, args[1])
+			return mod.startProbing(mod.probeMac, args[1])
 		})
 
 	probe.Complete("wifi.probe", s.WiFiCompleterFull)
diff --git a/modules/wifi/wifi_recon.go b/modules/wifi/wifi_recon.go
index 1c6ff0cb..2bc58343 100644
--- a/modules/wifi/wifi_recon.go
+++ b/modules/wifi/wifi_recon.go
@@ -50,30 +50,6 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) stationPruner() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (mod *WiFiModule) startProbing(staMac net.HardwareAddr, ssid string) error {
-	// if not already running, temporarily enable the pcap handle
-	// for packet injection
-	if !mod.Running() {
-		if err := mod.Configure(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		defer mod.handle.Close()
-	}
-
-	for seq := uint16(0); seq < 5 && mod.Running(); seq++ {
-		if err, pkt := packets.NewDot11ProbeRequest(staMac, seq, ssid, network.GetInterfaceChannel(mod.iface.Name())); err != nil {
-			mod.Error("could not create probe packet: %s", err)
-			continue
-		} else {
-			mod.injectPacket(pkt)
-		}
-	}
-
-	mod.Info("sent probe frames")
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (mod *WiFiModule) discoverAccessPoints(radiotap *layers.RadioTap, dot11 *layers.Dot11, packet gopacket.Packet) {
 	// search for Dot11InformationElementIDSSID
 	if ok, ssid := packets.Dot11ParseIDSSID(packet); ok {
@@ -110,6 +86,30 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) discoverAccessPoints(radiotap *layers.RadioTap, dot11 *la
 	}
 }
 
+func (mod *WiFiModule) startProbing(staMac net.HardwareAddr, ssid string) error {
+	// if not already running, temporarily enable the pcap handle
+	// for packet injection
+	if !mod.Running() {
+		if err := mod.Configure(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer mod.handle.Close()
+	}
+
+	for seq := uint16(0); seq < 5 && mod.Running(); seq++ {
+		if err, pkt := packets.NewDot11ProbeRequest(staMac, seq, ssid, network.GetInterfaceChannel(mod.iface.Name())); err != nil {
+			mod.Error("could not create probe packet: %s", err)
+			continue
+		} else {
+			mod.injectPacket(pkt)
+		}
+	}
+
+	mod.Info("sent probe frames")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (mod *WiFiModule) discoverProbes(radiotap *layers.RadioTap, dot11 *layers.Dot11, packet gopacket.Packet) {
 	if dot11.Type != layers.Dot11TypeMgmtProbeReq {
 		return
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ func (mod *WiFiModule) discoverProbes(radiotap *layers.RadioTap, dot11 *layers.D
 		return
 	}
 
+	// skip stuff we're sending
+	if bytes.Equal(mod.probeMac, dot11.Address2) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	clientSTA := network.NormalizeMac(dot11.Address2.String())
 	if mod.filterProbeSTA != nil && !mod.filterProbeSTA.MatchString(clientSTA) {
 		return