diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index 2a20e5be1b..dbf0b96f33 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ void AUD_vlog (const char *cap, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 {
     if (conf.log_to_monitor) {
         if (cap) {
-            monitor_printf(cur_mon, "%s: ", cap);
+            monitor_printf(default_mon, "%s: ", cap);
         }
 
-        monitor_vprintf(cur_mon, fmt, ap);
+        monitor_vprintf(default_mon, fmt, ap);
     }
     else {
         if (cap) {
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index ec13ca47a8..c0a2119a20 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ static QLIST_HEAD(mon_list, Monitor) mon_list;
 static const mon_cmd_t mon_cmds[];
 static const mon_cmd_t info_cmds[];
 
-Monitor *cur_mon = NULL;
+Monitor *cur_mon;
+Monitor *default_mon;
 
 static void monitor_command_cb(Monitor *mon, const char *cmdline,
                                void *opaque);
@@ -4624,8 +4625,8 @@ void monitor_init(CharDriverState *chr, int flags)
     }
 
     QLIST_INSERT_HEAD(&mon_list, mon, entry);
-    if (!cur_mon || (flags & MONITOR_IS_DEFAULT))
-        cur_mon = mon;
+    if (!default_mon || (flags & MONITOR_IS_DEFAULT))
+        default_mon = mon;
 }
 
 static void bdrv_password_cb(Monitor *mon, const char *password, void *opaque)
diff --git a/monitor.h b/monitor.h
index e5f2d2ba70..8c32ea0af2 100644
--- a/monitor.h
+++ b/monitor.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "block.h"
 
 extern Monitor *cur_mon;
+extern Monitor *default_mon;
 
 /* flags for monitor_init */
 #define MONITOR_IS_DEFAULT    0x01
diff --git a/slirp/misc.c b/slirp/misc.c
index dcb1dc117b..1aeb401082 100644
--- a/slirp/misc.c
+++ b/slirp/misc.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void lprint(const char *format, ...)
     va_list args;
 
     va_start(args, format);
-    monitor_vprintf(cur_mon, format, args);
+    monitor_vprintf(default_mon, format, args);
     va_end(args);
 }
 
diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
index 7ce73dca3d..f10a37f749 100644
--- a/vnc.c
+++ b/vnc.c
@@ -1046,11 +1046,10 @@ static void audio_capture(void *opaque, void *buf, int size)
 
 static void audio_add(VncState *vs)
 {
-    Monitor *mon = cur_mon;
     struct audio_capture_ops ops;
 
     if (vs->audio_cap) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "audio already running\n");
+        monitor_printf(default_mon, "audio already running\n");
         return;
     }
 
@@ -1060,7 +1059,7 @@ static void audio_add(VncState *vs)
 
     vs->audio_cap = AUD_add_capture(&vs->as, &ops, vs);
     if (!vs->audio_cap) {
-        monitor_printf(mon, "Failed to add audio capture\n");
+        monitor_printf(default_mon, "Failed to add audio capture\n");
     }
 }