diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 3298ad8..85f8042 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -2341,6 +2341,8 @@
         }
     }
 
+    hdd_hostapd_stop(dev);
+
     if ((pAdapter->device_mode == WLAN_HDD_SOFTAP)
      || (pAdapter->device_mode == WLAN_HDD_P2P_GO)
        )