diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 62ac453..2a0719f 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -2796,6 +2796,14 @@
                FL("HDD adapter is Null"));
         return -ENODEV;
     }
+
+    if (pAdapter->device_mode != WLAN_HDD_INFRA_STATION) {
+        hddLog(VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+               "Cannot set LL_STATS for device mode %d",
+               pAdapter->device_mode);
+        return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
     /* check the LLStats Capability */
     if ( (TRUE != pHddCtx->cfg_ini->fEnableLLStats) ||
          (TRUE != sme_IsFeatureSupportedByFW(LINK_LAYER_STATS_MEAS)))