diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 0a6423e897..633b7bcacb 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -1313,15 +1313,15 @@ static void hdd_update_ra_rate_limit(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx,
 
 void hdd_update_tgt_cfg(void *context, void *param)
 {
+	int ret;
 	hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx = (hdd_context_t *) context;
 	struct wma_tgt_cfg *cfg = param;
 	uint8_t temp_band_cap;
 	struct cds_config_info *cds_cfg = cds_get_ini_config();
-	QDF_STATUS qdf_status;
 
-	qdf_status = hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_ctx);
-	if (QDF_IS_STATUS_ERROR(qdf_status)) {
-		hdd_err("Pdev creation fails!");
+	ret = hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_ctx);
+	if (ret) {
+		hdd_err("pdev creation fails!");
 		QDF_BUG(0);
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.c
index 579d4ff1f8..d3710b9fed 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.c
@@ -56,24 +56,24 @@ int hdd_release_and_destroy_psoc(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx)
 	return qdf_status_to_os_return(wlan_objmgr_psoc_obj_delete(psoc));
 }
 
-QDF_STATUS hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx)
+int hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx)
 {
 	struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc = hdd_ctx->hdd_psoc;
 	struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev;
 
 	if (!psoc) {
 		hdd_err("Psoc NULL");
-		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	pdev = wlan_objmgr_pdev_obj_create(psoc, NULL);
 	if (!pdev) {
 		hdd_err("pdev obj create failed");
-		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	hdd_ctx->hdd_pdev = pdev;
 
-	return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 QDF_STATUS hdd_release_and_destroy_pdev(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx)
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.h b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.h
index 3d1c83b11e..f4262de5b2 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.h
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_object_manager.h
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ int hdd_release_and_destroy_psoc(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx);
  *
  * This API creates the pdev object and store the pdev reference to hdd context
  *
- * Return: QDF_STATUS
+ * Return: 0 for success, negative error code for failure
  */
-QDF_STATUS hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx);
+int hdd_create_and_store_pdev(hdd_context_t *hdd_ctx);
 
 /**
  * hdd_release_and_destroy_pdev() - Deletes the pdev object