diff --git a/core/dp/htt/htt.c b/core/dp/htt/htt.c
index dbe9363ae0f8..5839ac977923 100644
--- a/core/dp/htt/htt.c
+++ b/core/dp/htt/htt.c
@@ -666,7 +666,6 @@ void htt_detach(htt_pdev_handle pdev)
 	HTT_TX_MUTEX_DESTROY(&pdev->credit_mutex);
 	HTT_TX_MUTEX_DESTROY(&pdev->htt_tx_mutex);
 	HTT_TX_NBUF_QUEUE_MUTEX_DESTROY(pdev);
-	htt_rx_dbg_rxbuf_deinit(pdev);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/dp/htt/htt_rx.c b/core/dp/htt/htt_rx.c
index 715e16a20972..f717d39594ec 100644
--- a/core/dp/htt/htt_rx.c
+++ b/core/dp/htt/htt_rx.c
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ void htt_rx_detach(struct htt_pdev_t *pdev)
 {
 	qdf_timer_stop(&pdev->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer);
 	qdf_timer_free(&pdev->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer);
+	htt_rx_dbg_rxbuf_deinit(pdev);
 
 	if (pdev->cfg.is_full_reorder_offload) {
 		qdf_mem_free_consistent(pdev->osdev, pdev->osdev->dev,