diff --git a/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_cmds_process.c b/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_cmds_process.c
index a4e4fafa54d4..985be6918a2b 100644
--- a/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_cmds_process.c
+++ b/components/tdls/core/src/wlan_tdls_cmds_process.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ QDF_STATUS tdls_process_del_peer(struct tdls_oper_request *req)
 
 	mac = req->peer_addr;
 	peer = tdls_find_peer(vdev_obj, mac);
-	if (!peer) {
+	if (!peer || !(TDLS_STA_INDEX_CHECK((peer->sta_id)))) {
 		tdls_err(QDF_MAC_ADDR_STR
 			 " not found, ignore NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK",
 			 QDF_MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(mac));