diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 5113b36d3f14..847682086071 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -4982,6 +4982,7 @@ void hdd_deinit_adapter(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx,
 	switch (adapter->device_mode) {
 	case QDF_STA_MODE:
 	case QDF_P2P_CLIENT_MODE:
+	case QDF_MONITOR_MODE:
 	case QDF_P2P_DEVICE_MODE:
 	case QDF_IBSS_MODE:
 	case QDF_NDI_MODE: