diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_api.c b/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_api.c
index b7cfc206cd1f..fba822e5613d 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_api.c
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/src/wlan_mlme_api.c
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ mlme_update_vht_cap(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc, struct wma_tgt_vht_cap *cfg)
 
 	 /* Set HW RX LDPC capability */
 	hw_rx_ldpc_enabled = !!cfg->vht_rx_ldpc;
-	if (hw_rx_ldpc_enabled != vht_cap_info->ldpc_coding_cap)
+	if (vht_cap_info->ldpc_coding_cap && !hw_rx_ldpc_enabled)
 		vht_cap_info->ldpc_coding_cap = hw_rx_ldpc_enabled;
 
 	/* set the Guard interval 80MHz */
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index ffa124c48a25..c3fb25262742 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -1753,7 +1753,8 @@ static void hdd_update_tgt_ht_cap(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx,
 		ht_cap_info.rx_stbc = cfg->ht_rx_stbc;
 
 	/* Set the LDPC capability */
-	ht_cap_info.adv_coding_cap = cfg->ht_rx_ldpc;
+	if (ht_cap_info.adv_coding_cap && !cfg->ht_rx_ldpc)
+		ht_cap_info.adv_coding_cap = cfg->ht_rx_ldpc;
 
 	if (ht_cap_info.short_gi_20_mhz && !cfg->ht_sgi_20)
 		ht_cap_info.short_gi_20_mhz = cfg->ht_sgi_20;