diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 9c724980f0..9f29dbad75 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -4515,6 +4515,14 @@ 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")) {
+				/* send to monitor section is not considered
+				   to be an accessible send.
+				*/
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if (n-- == 0) {
 				return *i;
 			}