diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 4f6e0b79ef69c673f307219cd77536d9c6bf38e8..58f58bd5202ff5ad99630bc7584a8afeb8c2cf26 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -2043,8 +2043,11 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 		 */
 		if (sched_scan_req->n_scan_plans > 1 ||
 		    __ieee80211_request_sched_scan_start(sched_scan_sdata,
-							 sched_scan_req))
+							 sched_scan_req)) {
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_sdata, NULL);
+			RCU_INIT_POINTER(local->sched_scan_req, NULL);
 			sched_scan_stopped = true;
+		}
 	mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
 
 	if (sched_scan_stopped)