diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index fcdf270..9c8af82 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -14472,6 +14472,12 @@
                                       )
 {
     int status;
+    u16 channel;
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 15, 0))
+    const u8 *bssid_hint = req->bssid_hint;
+#else
+    const u8 *bssid_hint = NULL;
+#endif
     hdd_adapter_t *pAdapter = WLAN_HDD_GET_PRIV_PTR( ndev );
     VOS_STATUS exitbmpsStatus = VOS_STATUS_E_INVAL;
     hdd_context_t *pHddCtx = NULL;
@@ -14557,28 +14563,13 @@
             return -ECONNREFUSED;
     }
 
-    if ( req->channel )
-    {
-        status = wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(pAdapter, req->ssid,
-                                                  req->ssid_len, req->bssid,
-                          #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,15,0))
-                                                  req->bssid_hint,
-                          #else
-                                                  NULL,
-                          #endif
-                                                  req->channel->hw_value);
-    }
+    if (req->channel)
+        channel = req->channel->hw_value;
     else
-    {
-        status = wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(pAdapter, req->ssid,
-                                                  req->ssid_len, req->bssid,
-                          #if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,15,0))
-                                                  req->bssid_hint,
-                          #else
-                                                  NULL,
-                          #endif
-                                                  0);
-    }
+        channel = 0;
+    status = wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(pAdapter, req->ssid,
+                                             req->ssid_len, req->bssid,
+                                             bssid_hint, channel);
 
     if (0 != status)
     {