diff --git a/include/maxscale/monitor.hh b/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
index 7a7dd40e9..75d86295b 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/monitor.hh
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ private:
 class Monitor
 {
 public:
+    using ServerVector = std::vector<MonitorServer*>;
+
     Monitor(const std::string& name, const std::string& module);
     virtual ~Monitor();
 
@@ -301,6 +303,8 @@ public:
 
     const char* name() const;
 
+    const ServerVector& servers() const;
+
     /**
      * Configure the monitor. Called by monitor creation and altering code. Any inheriting classes
      * should override this with their own configuration processing function. The overriding function
@@ -396,8 +400,6 @@ public:
     const std::string m_name;           /**< Monitor instance name. */
     const std::string m_module;         /**< Name of the monitor module */
 
-    std::vector<MonitorServer*> m_servers;       /**< Monitored servers */
-
 protected:
     /**
      * Stop the monitor. If the monitor uses a polling thread, the thread should be stopped.
@@ -581,8 +583,9 @@ private:
     std::atomic_bool m_status_change_pending {false};   /**< Set when admin requests a status change. */
     uint8_t          m_journal_hash[SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH]; /**< SHA1 hash of the latest written journal */
 
-    MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER m_parameters;          /**< Configuration parameters in text form */
-    Settings             m_settings;            /**< Base class settings */
+    ServerVector         m_servers;      /**< Monitored servers */
+    MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER m_parameters;   /**< Configuration parameters in text form */
+    Settings             m_settings;     /**< Base class settings */
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/server/core/monitor.cc b/server/core/monitor.cc
index d6a677bfa..563c81628 100644
--- a/server/core/monitor.cc
+++ b/server/core/monitor.cc
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void store_data(Monitor* monitor, MonitorServer* master, uint8_t* data, uint32_t
     *ptr++ = MMB_SCHEMA_VERSION;
 
     /** Store the states of all servers */
-    for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->m_servers)
+    for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->servers())
     {
         *ptr++ = (char)SVT_SERVER;                                  // Value type
         memcpy(ptr, db->server->name(), strlen(db->server->name()));// Name of the server
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static bool has_null_terminator(const char* data, const char* end)
  */
 const char* process_server(Monitor* monitor, const char* data, const char* end)
 {
-    for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->m_servers)
+    for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->servers())
     {
         if (strcmp(db->server->name(), data) == 0)
         {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ const char* process_master(Monitor* monitor, MonitorServer** master,
 {
     if (master)
     {
-        for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->m_servers)
+        for (MonitorServer* db : monitor->servers())
         {
             if (strcmp(db->server->name(), data) == 0)
             {
@@ -691,8 +691,7 @@ json_t* Monitor::parameters_to_json() const
 
 bool Monitor::test_permissions(const string& query)
 {
-    auto monitor = this;
-    if (monitor->m_servers.empty() || config_get_global_options()->skip_permission_checks)
+    if (m_servers.empty() || config_get_global_options()->skip_permission_checks)
     {
         return true;
     }
@@ -700,13 +699,13 @@ bool Monitor::test_permissions(const string& query)
     char* dpasswd = decrypt_password(m_settings.conn_settings.password.c_str());
     bool rval = false;
 
-    for (MonitorServer* mondb : monitor->m_servers)
+    for (MonitorServer* mondb : m_servers)
     {
         if (!connection_is_ok(mondb->ping_or_connect(m_settings.conn_settings)))
         {
             MXS_ERROR("[%s] Failed to connect to server '%s' ([%s]:%d) when"
                       " checking monitor user credentials and permissions: %s",
-                      monitor->name(),
+                      name(),
                       mondb->server->name(),
                       mondb->server->address,
                       mondb->server->port,
@@ -751,7 +750,7 @@ bool Monitor::test_permissions(const string& query)
             if (res == NULL)
             {
                 MXS_ERROR("[%s] Result retrieval failed when checking monitor permissions: %s",
-                          monitor->name(),
+                          name(),
                           mysql_error(mondb->con));
             }
             else
@@ -1908,6 +1907,11 @@ bool Monitor::server_status_request_waiting() const
     return m_status_change_pending.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
 }
 
+const Monitor::ServerVector& Monitor::servers() const
+{
+    return m_servers;
+}
+
 MonitorWorker::MonitorWorker(const string& name, const string& module)
     : Monitor(name, module)
     , m_thread_running(false)
@@ -2129,7 +2133,7 @@ bool MonitorWorker::has_sufficient_permissions()
 
 void MonitorWorker::flush_server_status()
 {
-    for (MonitorServer* pMs : m_servers)
+    for (MonitorServer* pMs : servers())
     {
         if (!pMs->server->is_in_maint())
         {
@@ -2164,7 +2168,7 @@ void MonitorWorkerSimple::tick()
 
     const bool should_update_disk_space = check_disk_space_this_tick();
 
-    for (MonitorServer* pMs : m_servers)
+    for (MonitorServer* pMs : servers())
     {
         if (!pMs->server->is_in_maint())
         {
diff --git a/server/core/monitormanager.cc b/server/core/monitormanager.cc
index 5c13fa6b6..26c0de79a 100644
--- a/server/core/monitormanager.cc
+++ b/server/core/monitormanager.cc
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ json_t* MonitorManager::monitor_relations_to_server(const SERVER* server, const
     std::vector<std::string> names;
     this_unit.foreach_monitor([&names, server](Monitor* mon) {
         // The serverlist of an individual monitor should not change while a monitor is running.
-        for (MonitorServer* db : mon->m_servers)
+        for (MonitorServer* db : mon->servers())
         {
             if (db->server == server)
             {
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
index 16f92a906..f69201e5c 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/clustrixmon/clustrixmonitor.cc
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ bool ClustrixMonitor::choose_dynamic_hub(Clustrix::Softfailed softfailed, std::s
 
 bool ClustrixMonitor::choose_bootstrap_hub(Clustrix::Softfailed softfailed, std::set<string>& ips_checked)
 {
-    for (auto* pMs : m_servers)
+    for (auto* pMs : servers())
     {
         if (ips_checked.find(pMs->server->address) == ips_checked.end())
         {
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::check_bootstrap_servers()
 
         set<string> current_bootstrap_servers;
 
-        for (const auto* pMs : m_servers)
+        for (const auto* pMs : servers())
         {
             SERVER* pServer = pMs->server;
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::persist_bootstrap_servers()
 {
     string values;
 
-    for (const auto* pMs : m_servers)
+    for (const auto* pMs : servers())
     {
         if (!values.empty())
         {
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::populate_from_bootstrap_servers()
 {
     int id = 1;
 
-    for (auto ms : m_servers)
+    for (auto ms : servers())
     {
         SERVER* pServer = ms->server;
 
@@ -940,9 +940,9 @@ void ClustrixMonitor::populate_from_bootstrap_servers()
 
 void ClustrixMonitor::update_server_statuses()
 {
-    mxb_assert(!m_servers.empty());
+    mxb_assert(!servers().empty());
 
-    for (auto* pMs : m_servers)
+    for (auto* pMs : servers())
     {
         pMs->stash_current_status();
 
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
index 908ddbecd..82f1ee51e 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ json_t* GaleraMonitor::diagnostics_json() const
 
     json_t* arr = json_array();
 
-    for (auto ptr : m_servers)
+    for (auto ptr : servers())
     {
         auto it = m_info.find(ptr);
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void GaleraMonitor::post_tick()
 
     m_master = set_cluster_master(m_master, candidate_master, m_disableMasterFailback);
 
-    for (auto ptr : m_servers)
+    for (auto ptr : servers())
     {
         const int repl_bits = (SERVER_SLAVE | SERVER_MASTER | SERVER_MASTER_STICKINESS);
         if ((ptr->pending_status & SERVER_JOINED) && !m_disableMasterRoleSetting)
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ MonitorServer* GaleraMonitor::get_candidate_master()
     int minval = INT_MAX;
     int currval;
     /* set min_id to the lowest value of moitor_servers->server->node_id */
-    for (auto moitor_servers : m_servers)
+    for (auto moitor_servers : servers())
     {
         if (!moitor_servers->server->is_in_maint()
             && (moitor_servers->pending_status & SERVER_JOINED))
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ static MonitorServer* set_cluster_master(MonitorServer* current_master,
  */
 void GaleraMonitor::update_sst_donor_nodes(int is_cluster)
 {
-    MonitorServer* ptr;
     MYSQL_ROW row;
     MYSQL_RES* result;
     bool ignore_priority = true;
@@ -631,7 +630,7 @@ void GaleraMonitor::update_sst_donor_nodes(int is_cluster)
     strcpy(donor_list, DONOR_LIST_SET_VAR);
 
     /* Create an array of slave nodes */
-    for (auto ptr : m_servers)
+    for (auto ptr : servers())
     {
         if ((ptr->pending_status & SERVER_JOINED) && (ptr->pending_status & SERVER_SLAVE))
         {
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
index 002236e4a..c785ff805 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/mariadbmon/mariadbmon.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void MariaDBMonitor::reset_server_info()
     clear_server_info();
 
     // Next, initialize the data.
-    for (auto mon_server : Monitor::m_servers)
+    for (auto mon_server : servers())
     {
         m_servers.push_back(new MariaDBServer(mon_server, m_servers.size(), m_settings.shared));
     }