diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index af5de32a9d2d..b2975740f3b3 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -6504,8 +6504,6 @@ static void hdd_wlan_exit(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx)
 
 	hdd_enter();
 
-	qdf_cancel_delayed_work(&hdd_ctx->iface_idle_work);
-
 	hdd_unregister_notifiers(hdd_ctx);
 
 	hdd_bus_bandwidth_destroy(hdd_ctx);
@@ -11901,12 +11899,20 @@ err_hdd_init:
  */
 static void __hdd_module_exit(void)
 {
+	struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx = cds_get_context(QDF_MODULE_ID_HDD);
 
 	pr_info("%s: Unloading driver v%s\n", WLAN_MODULE_NAME,
 		QWLAN_VERSIONSTR);
 
+	if (!hdd_ctx) {
+		hdd_err("hdd context is NULL return!!");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	hdd_wait_for_recovery_completion();
 
+	qdf_cancel_delayed_work(&hdd_ctx->iface_idle_work);
+
 	wlan_hdd_unregister_driver();
 
 	qdf_wake_lock_destroy(&wlan_wake_lock);