diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 09c5f67f4089ed767e0a920be6f49dbb0bc4b510..36a04c1144e5dc943c1c52d50767caae06fe6aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
@@ -784,17 +784,17 @@ static void brcmf_del_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx,
 			 bool rtnl_locked)
 {
 	struct brcmf_if *ifp;
+	int ifidx;
 
 	ifp = drvr->iflist[bsscfgidx];
-	drvr->iflist[bsscfgidx] = NULL;
 	if (!ifp) {
 		brcmf_err("Null interface, bsscfgidx=%d\n", bsscfgidx);
 		return;
 	}
 	brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "Enter, bsscfgidx=%d, ifidx=%d\n", bsscfgidx,
 		  ifp->ifidx);
-	if (drvr->if2bss[ifp->ifidx] == bsscfgidx)
-		drvr->if2bss[ifp->ifidx] = BRCMF_BSSIDX_INVALID;
+	ifidx = ifp->ifidx;
+
 	if (ifp->ndev) {
 		if (bsscfgidx == 0) {
 			if (ifp->ndev->netdev_ops == &brcmf_netdev_ops_pri) {
@@ -822,6 +822,10 @@ static void brcmf_del_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx,
 		brcmf_p2p_ifp_removed(ifp, rtnl_locked);
 		kfree(ifp);
 	}
+
+	drvr->iflist[bsscfgidx] = NULL;
+	if (drvr->if2bss[ifidx] == bsscfgidx)
+		drvr->if2bss[ifidx] = BRCMF_BSSIDX_INVALID;
 }
 
 void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked)