diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index b37cf8a..e305a77 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -1683,12 +1683,15 @@
 		sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list = qdf_mem_malloc(
 					sizeof(uint8_t) *
 					con_sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list_count);
-		if (!sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list)
+		if (!sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list) {
+			sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list_count = 0;
 			return -ENOMEM;
-
+		}
 		qdf_mem_copy(sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list,
 					con_sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list,
 					con_sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list_count);
+		sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list_count =
+					con_sap_config->acs_cfg.ch_list_count;
 
 	} else {
 		sap_config->acs_cfg.pri_ch = con_ch;
@@ -2965,9 +2968,11 @@
 	if (!adapter)
 		return;
 	if (adapter->session.ap.sap_config.acs_cfg.ch_list) {
+		hdd_debug("Clearing ACS cfg channel list");
 		qdf_mem_free(adapter->session.ap.sap_config.acs_cfg.ch_list);
 		adapter->session.ap.sap_config.acs_cfg.ch_list = NULL;
 	}
+	adapter->session.ap.sap_config.acs_cfg.ch_list_count = 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/sap/src/sap_module.c b/core/sap/src/sap_module.c
index 7d8026a..8128c45 100644
--- a/core/sap/src/sap_module.c
+++ b/core/sap/src/sap_module.c
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@
 	size_t ch_index;
 	size_t target_ch_cnt = 0;
 
-	if (!sap_ctx || !ch_list || !ch_cnt) {
+	if (!sap_ctx || !ch_list || !ch_cnt || !sap_ctx->acs_cfg->ch_list) {
 		sap_err("NULL parameters");
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAULT;
 	}