diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
index 7bf068cce956..a9b3084ca2d2 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_hostapd.c
@@ -3861,7 +3861,6 @@ int wlan_hdd_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 {
 	struct hdd_adapter *adapter = NULL;
 	uint32_t num_ch = 0;
-	int channel = 0;
 	int channel_seg2 = 0;
 	struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx;
 	int status;
@@ -3900,7 +3899,6 @@ int wlan_hdd_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	channel = ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(chandef->chan->center_freq);
 
 	if (NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80 == chandef->width) {
 		if ((wlan_reg_min_chan_freq() > chandef->center_freq2) ||
@@ -3920,8 +3918,8 @@ int wlan_hdd_set_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	num_ch = CFG_VALID_CHANNEL_LIST_LEN;
 
 	if (QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS !=  wlan_hdd_validate_operation_channel(
-	    adapter, wlan_reg_chan_to_freq(hdd_ctx->pdev, channel))) {
-		hdd_err("Invalid Channel: %d", channel);
+	    adapter, chandef->chan->center_freq)) {
+		hdd_err("Invalid freq: %d", chandef->chan->center_freq);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}