diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
index 05977120b16e..14a03fcced35 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_twt.c
@@ -2728,22 +2728,25 @@ static int hdd_twt_pause_session(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 	qdf_mem_copy(params.peer_macaddr, hdd_sta_ctx->conn_info.bssid.bytes,
 		     QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
 	params.vdev_id = adapter->vdev_id;
+	params.dialog_id = 0;
 
-	ret = wlan_cfg80211_nla_parse_nested(tb,
+	if (twt_param_attr) {
+		ret = wlan_cfg80211_nla_parse_nested(tb,
 					QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TWT_SETUP_MAX,
 					twt_param_attr,
 					qca_wlan_vendor_twt_add_dialog_policy);
-	if (ret) {
-		hdd_debug("command parsing failed");
-		return ret;
-	}
+		if (ret) {
+			hdd_debug("command parsing failed");
+			return ret;
+		}
 
-	id = QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TWT_SETUP_FLOW_ID;
-	if (tb[id]) {
-		params.dialog_id = nla_get_u8(tb[id]);
+		id = QCA_WLAN_VENDOR_ATTR_TWT_SETUP_FLOW_ID;
+		if (tb[id])
+			params.dialog_id = nla_get_u8(tb[id]);
+		else
+			hdd_debug("TWT: FLOW_ID not specified. set to zero");
 	} else {
-		params.dialog_id = 0;
-		hdd_debug("TWT: FLOW_ID not specified. set to zero");
+		hdd_debug("TWT param not present. flow id set to zero");
 	}
 
 	status = hdd_twt_check_all_twt_support(adapter->hdd_ctx->psoc,
@@ -3877,7 +3880,8 @@ static int hdd_twt_configure(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 	twt_param_attr = tb[id];
 
 	if (!twt_param_attr &&
-	    twt_oper != QCA_WLAN_TWT_GET_CAPABILITIES) {
+	    twt_oper != QCA_WLAN_TWT_GET_CAPABILITIES &&
+	    twt_oper != QCA_WLAN_TWT_SUSPEND) {
 		hdd_err("TWT parameters NOT specified");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}