diff --git a/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 8531cf162dc0..25fb1a8edbc0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qcacld-3.0/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -15570,6 +15570,11 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_get_usable_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	if (0 != ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (hdd_ctx->driver_status == DRIVER_MODULES_CLOSED) {
+		hdd_err("Driver Modules are closed");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	res_msg = qdf_mem_malloc(NUM_CHANNELS *
 				 sizeof(*res_msg));