diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 4dce24d9fb..d8c5c2e3b7 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -4264,7 +4264,7 @@ Route::nth_send (uint32_t n) const
 	for (i = _processors.begin(); i != _processors.end(); ++i) {
 		if (boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<Send> (*i)) {
 
-			if ((*i)->name() == _("Monitor 1")) {
+			if ((*i)->name().find (_("Monitor")) == 0) {
 				/* send to monitor section is not considered
 				   to be an accessible send.
 				*/