diff --git a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
index b3b0152a06..a33aad1472 100644
--- a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
+++ b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -1067,12 +1067,6 @@ util_scan_gen_scan_entry(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (!scan_entry->ie_list.rates) {
-		qdf_mem_free(scan_entry->raw_frame.ptr);
-		qdf_mem_free(scan_entry);
-		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
-	}
-
 	ssid = (struct ie_ssid *)
 		scan_entry->ie_list.ssid;