diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_ioctl.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_ioctl.c
index 885817a58d00..cdf13f9cf7bb 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_ioctl.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_ioctl.c
@@ -1510,11 +1510,11 @@ CDF_STATUS hdd_parse_plm_cmd(uint8_t *pValue, tSirPlmReq *pPlmRequest)
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return CDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
 
-			pPlmRequest->macAddr[count] = content;
+			pPlmRequest->mac_addr.bytes[count] = content;
 		}
 
-		hddLog(CDF_TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG, "MC addr " MAC_ADDRESS_STR,
-		       MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(pPlmRequest->macAddr));
+		hdd_debug("MC addr " MAC_ADDRESS_STR,
+		       MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(pPlmRequest->mac_addr.bytes));
 
 		cmdPtr = strpbrk(cmdPtr, " ");
 
diff --git a/core/mac/inc/sir_api.h b/core/mac/inc/sir_api.h
index 7bbc7236ec16..d6a7841ebc7a 100644
--- a/core/mac/inc/sir_api.h
+++ b/core/mac/inc/sir_api.h
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ typedef struct sSirPlmReq {
 	/* no of times the STA should cycle through PLM ch list */
 	uint8_t burstLen;
 	tPowerdBm desiredTxPwr; /* desired tx power */
-	tSirMacAddr macAddr;    /* MC dest addr */
+	struct cdf_mac_addr mac_addr;    /* MC dest addr */
 	/* no of channels */
 	uint8_t plmNumCh;
 	/* channel numbers */
diff --git a/core/wma/src/wma_scan_roam.c b/core/wma/src/wma_scan_roam.c
index 46f474eee369..699e49c65074 100644
--- a/core/wma/src/wma_scan_roam.c
+++ b/core/wma/src/wma_scan_roam.c
@@ -3780,7 +3780,7 @@ CDF_STATUS wma_plm_start(tp_wma_handle wma, const tpSirPlmReq plm)
 	cmd->off_duration = plm->measDuration;
 	cmd->burst_cycle = plm->burstLen;
 	cmd->tx_power = plm->desiredTxPwr;
-	WMI_CHAR_ARRAY_TO_MAC_ADDR(plm->macAddr, &cmd->dest_mac);
+	WMI_CHAR_ARRAY_TO_MAC_ADDR(plm->mac_addr.bytes, &cmd->dest_mac);
 	cmd->num_chans = plm->plmNumCh;
 
 	buf_ptr += sizeof(wmi_vdev_plmreq_start_cmd_fixed_param);