diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_htt.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_htt.c
index 0ebab5b8ee..fef98dd5bf 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_htt.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_htt.c
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ int htt_h2t_full_mon_cfg(struct htt_soc *htt_soc,
 	qdf_nbuf_t htt_msg;
 	uint32_t *msg_word;
 	uint8_t *htt_logger_bufp;
+	QDF_STATUS status;
 
 	htt_msg = qdf_nbuf_alloc(soc->osdev,
 				 HTT_MSG_BUF_SIZE(
@@ -991,9 +992,16 @@ int htt_h2t_full_mon_cfg(struct htt_soc *htt_soc,
 
 	SET_HTC_PACKET_NET_BUF_CONTEXT(&pkt->htc_pkt, htt_msg);
 	qdf_debug("config: %d", config);
-	DP_HTT_SEND_HTC_PKT(soc, pkt, HTT_H2T_MSG_TYPE_RX_FULL_MONITOR_MODE,
-			    htt_logger_bufp);
-	return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	status = DP_HTT_SEND_HTC_PKT(soc, pkt,
+				     HTT_H2T_MSG_TYPE_RX_FULL_MONITOR_MODE,
+				     htt_logger_bufp);
+
+	if (status != QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		qdf_nbuf_free(htt_msg);
+		htt_htc_pkt_free(soc, pkt);
+	}
+
+	return status;
 fail1:
 	qdf_nbuf_free(htt_msg);
 	return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_peer.h b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_peer.h
index b041e78108..7ff1b79adf 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_peer.h
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_peer.h
@@ -2097,12 +2097,13 @@ struct dp_peer *dp_get_primary_link_peer_by_id(struct dp_soc *soc,
 		for (i = 0; i < link_peers_info.num_links; i++) {
 			link_peer = link_peers_info.link_peers[i];
 			if (link_peer->primary_link) {
-				primary_peer = link_peer;
 				/*
 				 * Take additional reference over
 				 * primary link peer.
 				 */
-				dp_peer_get_ref(NULL, primary_peer, mod_id);
+				if (QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS ==
+				    dp_peer_get_ref(NULL, link_peer, mod_id))
+					primary_peer = link_peer;
 				break;
 			}
 		}