--- a/lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/wpa_supplicant	2004-12-21 17:46:53.956602771 +0100
+++ a/lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/wpa_supplicant	2004-12-21 17:46:32.459061176 +0100
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ 
 	local pid=$( ps --no-headers -fC wpa_supplicant 2>/dev/null | awk '/-i'${iface}'/ { print $2 }' )
 	[[ -n ${pid} ]] && kill -s TERM ${pid}
 
+	local dirs=$(grep ctrl_interface= ${cfgfile}) d
+	for d in ${dirs/ctrl_interface=/} ; do
+		[ -d $d ] && rm -r $d
+	done
+
 	interface_up ${iface}
 	
 	if ! wpa_supplicant ${opts} -B -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -i${iface} ; then