irlmp->last_lsap_sel = 0x0f; /* Reserved 0x00-0x0f */
        strcpy(sysctl_devname, "Linux");
 
-       /* Do discovery every 3 seconds */
        init_timer(&irlmp->discovery_timer);
-       irlmp_start_discovery_timer(irlmp, sysctl_discovery_timeout*HZ);
+
+       /* Do discovery every 3 seconds, conditionaly */
+       if (sysctl_discovery)
+               irlmp_start_discovery_timer(irlmp,
+                                           sysctl_discovery_timeout*HZ);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
        /* We always cleanup the log (active & passive discovery) */
        irlmp_do_expiry();
 
-       /* Active discovery is conditional */
-       if (sysctl_discovery)
-               irlmp_do_discovery(sysctl_discovery_slots);
+       irlmp_do_discovery(sysctl_discovery_slots);
 
        /* Restart timer */
        irlmp_start_discovery_timer(irlmp, sysctl_discovery_timeout * HZ);
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
 #include <net/irda/irda.h>             /* irda_debug */
+#include <net/irda/irlmp.h>
+#include <net/irda/timer.h>
 #include <net/irda/irias_object.h>
 
 extern int  sysctl_discovery;
 extern int  sysctl_warn_noreply_time;
 extern int  sysctl_lap_keepalive_time;
 
+extern struct irlmp_cb *irlmp;
+
 /* this is needed for the proc_dointvec_minmax - Jean II */
 static int max_discovery_slots = 16;           /* ??? */
 static int min_discovery_slots = 1;
        return ret;
 }
 
+
+static int do_discovery(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *filp,
+                    void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+       if (ret)
+              return ret;
+
+       if (irlmp == NULL)
+              return -ENODEV;
+
+       if (sysctl_discovery)
+              irlmp_start_discovery_timer(irlmp, sysctl_discovery_timeout*HZ);
+       else
+              del_timer_sync(&irlmp->discovery_timer);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /* One file */
 static ctl_table irda_table[] = {
        {
                .data           = &sysctl_discovery,
                .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
                .mode           = 0644,
-               .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec
+               .proc_handler   = &do_discovery,
+               .strategy       = &sysctl_intvec
        },
        {
                .ctl_name       = NET_IRDA_DEVNAME,