diff --git a/cnss_prealloc/cnss_prealloc.c b/cnss_prealloc/cnss_prealloc.c
index 5e111b5f20..281764a0f2 100644
--- a/cnss_prealloc/cnss_prealloc.c
+++ b/cnss_prealloc/cnss_prealloc.c
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ static void cnss_pool_deinit(void)
 			cnss_pools[i].name);
 		mempool_destroy(cnss_pools[i].mp);
 		kmem_cache_destroy(cnss_pools[i].cache);
+		cnss_pools[i].mp = NULL;
+		cnss_pools[i].cache = NULL;
 	}
 }