diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_p2p.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_p2p.c
index 16cc1e458c3d..d947d31a71d0 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_p2p.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_p2p.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -803,7 +803,10 @@ struct wireless_dev *__wlan_hdd_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 					   name_assign_type, true);
 	} else {
 		uint8_t *device_address;
-
+		if (strnstr(name, "p2p", 3) && mode == QDF_STA_MODE) {
+			hdd_debug("change mode to p2p device");
+			mode = QDF_P2P_DEVICE_MODE;
+		}
 		device_address = wlan_hdd_get_intf_addr(hdd_ctx, mode);
 		if (!device_address)
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);