diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 50d4474f0ceb..64f2ee4814c4 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -5352,6 +5352,7 @@ int hdd_vdev_destroy(struct hdd_adapter *adapter)
 	status = ucfg_reg_11d_vdev_delete_update(vdev);
 	ucfg_scan_vdev_set_disable(vdev, REASON_VDEV_DOWN);
 	wlan_hdd_scan_abort(adapter);
+	wlan_cfg80211_cleanup_scan_queue(hdd_ctx->pdev, adapter->dev);
 	/* Disable serialization for vdev before sending vdev delete */
 	wlan_ser_vdev_queue_disable(vdev);
 	hdd_objmgr_put_vdev(vdev);