diff --git a/components/ipa/core/src/wlan_ipa_core.c b/components/ipa/core/src/wlan_ipa_core.c
index a41a980dd0..8177a3c64d 100644
--- a/components/ipa/core/src/wlan_ipa_core.c
+++ b/components/ipa/core/src/wlan_ipa_core.c
@@ -1597,7 +1597,8 @@ static QDF_STATUS __wlan_ipa_wlan_evt(qdf_netdev_t net_dev, uint8_t device_mode,
 			/* Disable IPA UC TX PIPE when STA disconnected */
 			if ((ipa_ctx->num_iface == 1) &&
 			    wlan_ipa_is_fw_wdi_activated(ipa_ctx) &&
-			    !ipa_ctx->ipa_pipes_down) {
+			    !ipa_ctx->ipa_pipes_down &&
+			    (ipa_ctx->resource_unloading == false)) {
 				if (cds_is_driver_unloading()) {
 					/*
 					 * We disable WDI pipes directly here
@@ -1641,7 +1642,8 @@ static QDF_STATUS __wlan_ipa_wlan_evt(qdf_netdev_t net_dev, uint8_t device_mode,
 
 		if ((ipa_ctx->num_iface == 1) &&
 		    wlan_ipa_is_fw_wdi_activated(ipa_ctx) &&
-		    !ipa_ctx->ipa_pipes_down) {
+		    !ipa_ctx->ipa_pipes_down &&
+		    (ipa_ctx->resource_unloading == false)) {
 			if (cds_is_driver_unloading()) {
 				/*
 				 * We disable WDI pipes directly here since