diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 62e56ffe6dfe..76fb3b41aa92 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -8169,8 +8169,13 @@ static inline void hdd_pm_qos_update_request(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx,
 					     cpumask_t *pm_qos_cpu_mask)
 {
 	cpumask_copy(&hdd_ctx->pm_qos_req.cpus_affine, pm_qos_cpu_mask);
+
 	/* Latency value to be read from INI */
-	pm_qos_update_request(&hdd_ctx->pm_qos_req, 1);
+	if (cpumask_empty(pm_qos_cpu_mask))
+		pm_qos_update_request(&hdd_ctx->pm_qos_req,
+				      PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE);
+	else
+		pm_qos_update_request(&hdd_ctx->pm_qos_req, 1);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP