diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
index b2daec356310..daaf6cbce257 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ static void hdd_hostapd_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
 	hdd_deinit_adapter(hdd_ctx, adapter, true);
 
 	/* after uninit our adapter structure will no longer be valid */
-	adapter->dev = NULL;
 	adapter->magic = 0;
 
 	hdd_exit();