diff --git a/components/tdls/dispatcher/src/wlan_tdls_ucfg_api.c b/components/tdls/dispatcher/src/wlan_tdls_ucfg_api.c
index 9a1a5527f3..077ca3f016 100644
--- a/components/tdls/dispatcher/src/wlan_tdls_ucfg_api.c
+++ b/components/tdls/dispatcher/src/wlan_tdls_ucfg_api.c
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ QDF_STATUS ucfg_tdls_notify_sta_disconnect(
 
 	notify = qdf_mem_malloc(sizeof(*notify));
 	if (!notify) {
-		wlan_objmgr_vdev_release_ref(notify->vdev, WLAN_TDLS_NB_ID);
+		wlan_objmgr_vdev_release_ref(notify_info->vdev, WLAN_TDLS_NB_ID);
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_NULL_VALUE;
 	}