diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c
index 25a2722c8a98..1d9aed645723 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c
@@ -891,7 +891,6 @@ void hostap_setup_dev(struct net_device *dev, local_info_t *local,
 
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &prism2_ethtool_ops);
 
-	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 }
 
 static int hostap_enable_hostapd(local_info_t *local, int rtnl_locked)