diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index a850ec0054e25e3eb5344b64f97475e3771329e5..062f3369f831310db1f7b212ad7e91745b34b8e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -892,24 +892,20 @@ mwifiex_init_new_priv_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		priv->bss_num = mwifiex_get_unused_bss_num(adapter,
 			 MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_STA);
 		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
-		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_STA;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_CLIENT:
 		priv->bss_num = mwifiex_get_unused_bss_num(adapter,
 			 MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P);
 		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA;
-		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
 		priv->bss_num = mwifiex_get_unused_bss_num(adapter,
 			 MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P);
 		priv->bss_role =  MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP;
-		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_P2P;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
 		priv->bss_num = mwifiex_get_unused_bss_num(adapter,
 			 MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_UAP);
-		priv->bss_type = MWIFIEX_BSS_TYPE_UAP;
 		priv->bss_role = MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP;
 		break;
 	default: