diff --git a/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/cfg80211.c
index 77dfb4070c1d..d3a774dbb7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/cfg80211.c
@@ -870,7 +870,8 @@ ar6k_cfg80211_scanComplete_event(struct ar6_softc *ar, int status)
     if(ar->scan_request)
     {
         /* Translate data to cfg80211 mgmt format */
-        wmi_iterate_nodes(ar->arWmi, ar6k_cfg80211_scan_node, ar->wdev->wiphy);
+	if (ar->arWmi)
+		wmi_iterate_nodes(ar->arWmi, ar6k_cfg80211_scan_node, ar->wdev->wiphy);
 
         cfg80211_scan_done(ar->scan_request,
             ((status & A_ECANCELED) || (status & A_EBUSY)) ? true : false);