diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_sap.h b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_sap.h
index 851a52b43879..51f590e5f7c1 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_sap.h
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_sap.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 			"CFG_11G_ONLY_POLICY")
 
 #define CFG_ASSOC_STA_LIMIT CFG_UINT( \
-			"cfg_beacon_interval", \
+			"cfg_assoc_sta_limit", \
 			1, \
 			32, \
 			10, \
diff --git a/core/wma/src/wma_main.c b/core/wma/src/wma_main.c
index f702ce4e20bf..295a9946d346 100644
--- a/core/wma/src/wma_main.c
+++ b/core/wma/src/wma_main.c
@@ -3313,6 +3313,8 @@ QDF_STATUS wma_open(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 	cds_cfg->max_station = wma_init_max_no_of_peers(wma_handle,
 							cds_cfg->max_station);
 
+	wlan_mlme_set_assoc_sta_limit(psoc, cds_cfg->max_station);
+
 	/* initialize default target config */
 	wlan_res_cfg = target_psoc_get_wlan_res_cfg(tgt_psoc_info);
 	if (!wlan_res_cfg) {