diff --git a/os_if/linux/cp_stats/src/wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats.c b/os_if/linux/cp_stats/src/wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats.c
index 3b4d0e7e9cd0..77e40eade06a 100644
--- a/os_if/linux/cp_stats/src/wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats.c
+++ b/os_if/linux/cp_stats/src/wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats.c
@@ -254,13 +254,15 @@ int wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats_get_tx_power(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 	info.u.get_tx_power_cb = get_tx_power_cb;
 	info.vdev_id = wlan_vdev_get_id(vdev);
 	info.pdev_id = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_pdev_id(wlan_vdev_get_pdev(vdev));
-	peer = wlan_vdev_get_bsspeer(vdev);
+	peer = wlan_objmgr_vdev_try_get_bsspeer(vdev, WLAN_CP_STATS_ID);
 	if (!peer) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto peer_is_null;
 	}
 	qdf_mem_copy(info.peer_mac_addr, peer->macaddr, QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
 
+	wlan_objmgr_peer_release_ref(peer, WLAN_CP_STATS_ID);
+
 	status = ucfg_mc_cp_stats_send_stats_request(vdev,
 						     TYPE_CONNECTION_TX_POWER,
 						     &info);
@@ -506,7 +508,7 @@ wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats_get_station_stats(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 	info.u.get_station_stats_cb = get_station_stats_cb;
 	info.vdev_id = wlan_vdev_get_id(vdev);
 	info.pdev_id = wlan_objmgr_pdev_get_pdev_id(wlan_vdev_get_pdev(vdev));
-	peer = wlan_vdev_get_bsspeer(vdev);
+	peer = wlan_objmgr_vdev_try_get_bsspeer(vdev, WLAN_CP_STATS_ID);
 	if (!peer) {
 		cfg80211_err("peer is null");
 		*errno = -EINVAL;
@@ -514,6 +516,8 @@ wlan_cfg80211_mc_cp_stats_get_station_stats(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 	}
 	qdf_mem_copy(info.peer_mac_addr, peer->macaddr, QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
 
+	wlan_objmgr_peer_release_ref(peer, WLAN_CP_STATS_ID);
+
 	status = ucfg_mc_cp_stats_send_stats_request(vdev, TYPE_STATION_STATS,
 						     &info);
 	if (QDF_IS_STATUS_ERROR(status)) {
diff --git a/umac/cmn_services/crypto/src/wlan_crypto_global_api.c b/umac/cmn_services/crypto/src/wlan_crypto_global_api.c
index a95c417290be..53ff4fab8a04 100644
--- a/umac/cmn_services/crypto/src/wlan_crypto_global_api.c
+++ b/umac/cmn_services/crypto/src/wlan_crypto_global_api.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ QDF_STATUS wlan_crypto_setkey(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
 			peer = wlan_objmgr_vdev_try_get_bsspeer(vdev,
 								WLAN_CRYPTO_ID);
 			if (!peer) {
-				crypto_err("peer %pK failed", peer);
+				crypto_err("peer NULL");
 				if (IS_MGMT_CIPHER(req_key->type)) {
 					crypto_priv->igtk_key[igtk_idx] = NULL;
 					crypto_priv->igtk_key_type
diff --git a/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/inc/wlan_objmgr_vdev_obj.h b/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/inc/wlan_objmgr_vdev_obj.h
index 952cd01a4139..7a1d4ec3c51f 100644
--- a/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/inc/wlan_objmgr_vdev_obj.h
+++ b/umac/cmn_services/obj_mgr/inc/wlan_objmgr_vdev_obj.h
@@ -1406,7 +1406,9 @@ static inline void wlan_vdev_set_bsspeer(struct wlan_objmgr_vdev *vdev,
  * wlan_vdev_get_bsspeer() - get bss peer
  * @vdev: VDEV object
  *
- * API to get the BSS peer of VDEV
+ * API to get the BSS peer of VDEV, wlan_objmgr_vdev_try_get_bsspeer API
+ * preferred to use outside obj manager to take and handle ref count of
+ * bss_peer with ref debug ID.
  *
  * Return:
  * @peer: BSS peer pointer