diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index f713be6e7dcc..f7c365686b45 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -18807,7 +18807,7 @@ static int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 				    enum nl80211_chan_width ch_width)
 {
 	int status = 0;
-	QDF_STATUS qdf_status;
+	QDF_STATUS qdf_status = QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 	struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx;
 	struct hdd_station_ctx *hdd_sta_ctx;
 	uint32_t roam_id = INVALID_ROAM_ID;
@@ -19123,14 +19123,17 @@ static int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 		if ((QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS != qdf_status) &&
 		    (QDF_STA_MODE == adapter->device_mode ||
 		     QDF_P2P_CLIENT_MODE == adapter->device_mode)) {
-			hdd_err("Vdev %d connect failed with status %d",
+			hdd_err("Vdev %d connect failed with status %d to krnl",
 				adapter->vdev_id, qdf_status);
 			/* change back to NotAssociated */
 			hdd_conn_set_connection_state(adapter,
 						      eConnectionState_NotConnected);
-			qdf_runtime_pm_allow_suspend(
-					&hdd_ctx->runtime_context.connect);
-			hdd_allow_suspend(WIFI_POWER_EVENT_WAKELOCK_CONNECT);
+			hdd_connect_result(adapter->dev,
+					   NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
+					   WLAN_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE,
+					   GFP_KERNEL, false,
+					   eSIR_SME_INVALID_PARAMETERS);
+			status = 0;
 		}
 
 		/* Reset connect_in_progress */
@@ -19153,7 +19156,7 @@ ret_status:
 	 * Enable roaming on other STA adapter for failure case.
 	 * For success case, it is enabled in assoc completion handler
 	 */
-	if (status)
+	if (status || qdf_status != QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS)
 		wlan_hdd_enable_roaming(adapter, RSO_CONNECT_START);
 
 	return status;