iw wlan1 info command failed: No such device (-19) > iwconfig wlan1 wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"

Some sort of reporting bug with iw as per below. Unfortunately, this causes any additional wlanX interfaces to not be administrable via iw:
iw wlan1 info
command failed: No such device (-19)

iwconfig wlan1
wlan1 unassociated Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
          Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Sensitivity:0/0
          Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: iw 3.17-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Sat May 2 12:48:16 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-21 (314 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: iw
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-03-13 (50 days ago)