diff -Naur libreswan-3.15-orig/programs/pluto/connections.c libreswan-3.15/programs/pluto/connections.c
--- libreswan-3.15-orig/programs/pluto/connections.c	2015-08-24 16:52:43.000000000 -0400
+++ libreswan-3.15/programs/pluto/connections.c	2015-09-24 13:19:16.151982555 -0400
@@ -3334,6 +3334,11 @@
 	struct connection *d;
 	struct spd_route *sr;
 
+	/* weird things can happen to our interfaces */
+	if (!oriented(*c)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	DBG(DBG_CONTROLMORE, {
 		char s1[SUBNETTOT_BUF];
 		char d1[SUBNETTOT_BUF];
@@ -3378,7 +3383,6 @@
 				(sr->that.protocol == peer_protocol) &&
 				(!sr->that.port ||
 					sr->that.port == peer_port)) {
-				passert(oriented(*c));
 				if (routed(sr->routing))
 					return c;