diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index ee6ff182e2..d6c2ff5d63 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -11223,9 +11223,6 @@ int hdd_wlan_stop_modules(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx, bool ftm_mode)
 	struct target_psoc_info *tgt_hdl;
 
 	hdd_enter();
-
-	hdd_deregister_policy_manager_callback(hdd_ctx->psoc);
-
 	qdf_ctx = cds_get_context(QDF_MODULE_ID_QDF_DEVICE);
 	if (!qdf_ctx) {
 		hdd_err("QDF device context NULL");
@@ -11248,6 +11245,8 @@ int hdd_wlan_stop_modules(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx, bool ftm_mode)
 		}
 	}
 
+	hdd_deregister_policy_manager_callback(hdd_ctx->psoc);
+
 	/* free user wowl patterns */
 	hdd_free_user_wowl_ptrns();