diff --git a/ip/ipmptcp.c b/ip/ipmptcp.c
index 01f6906f..acd008f3 100644
--- a/ip/ipmptcp.c
+++ b/ip/ipmptcp.c
@@ -535,11 +535,14 @@ static int mptcp_monitor_msg(struct rtnl_ctrl_data *ctrl,
 		printf(" reset_reason=%u", rta_getattr_u32(tb[MPTCP_ATTR_RESET_REASON]));
 	if (tb[MPTCP_ATTR_RESET_FLAGS])
 		printf(" reset_flags=0x%x", rta_getattr_u32(tb[MPTCP_ATTR_RESET_FLAGS]));
-	if (tb[MPTCP_ATTR_SERVER_SIDE] && rta_getattr_u8(tb[MPTCP_ATTR_SERVER_SIDE]))
-		printf(" server_side");
 
 	if (tb[MPTCP_ATTR_FLAGS])
 		flags = rta_getattr_u16(tb[MPTCP_ATTR_FLAGS]);
+	if ((flags & MPTCP_PM_EV_FLAG_SERVER_SIDE) ||
+	    (tb[MPTCP_ATTR_SERVER_SIDE] && rta_getattr_u8(tb[MPTCP_ATTR_SERVER_SIDE]))) {
+		flags &= ~MPTCP_PM_EV_FLAG_SERVER_SIDE;
+		printf(" server_side");
+	}
 	if (flags & MPTCP_PM_EV_FLAG_DENY_JOIN_ID0) {
 		flags &= ~MPTCP_PM_EV_FLAG_DENY_JOIN_ID0;
 		printf(" deny_join_id0");