diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
index a613b146764c..9fd7dd2d240e 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_scan.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,16 @@ int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_sched_scan_stop(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
 	osif_vdev_sync_op_stop(vdev_sync);
 
-	return errno;
+	/* The return 0 is intentional. We observed a crash due to a return of
+	 * failure in sched_scan_stop , especially for a case where the unload
+	 * of the happens at the same time. The function
+	 * __cfg80211_stop_sched_scan was clearing rdev->sched_scan_req only
+	 * when the sched_scan_stop returns success. If it returns a failure ,
+	 * then its next invocation due to the clean up of the second interface
+	 * will have the dev pointer corresponding to the first one leading to
+	 * a crash.
+	 */
+	return 0;
 }
 #else
 int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_sched_scan_stop(struct wiphy *wiphy,
@@ -1507,7 +1516,16 @@ int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_sched_scan_stop(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
 	osif_vdev_sync_op_stop(vdev_sync);
 
-	return errno;
+	/* The return 0 is intentional. We observed a crash due to a return of
+	 * failure in sched_scan_stop , especially for a case where the unload
+	 * of the happens at the same time. The function
+	 * __cfg80211_stop_sched_scan was clearing rdev->sched_scan_req only
+	 * when the sched_scan_stop returns success. If it returns a failure ,
+	 * then its next invocation due to the clean up of the second interface
+	 * will have the dev pointer corresponding to the first one leading to
+	 * a crash.
+	 */
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* KERNEL_VERSION(4, 12, 0) */
 #endif /*FEATURE_WLAN_SCAN_PNO */