diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
index aab0012bba92..ab8b2ba6eedd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(PSDevice pDevice, int rtnl_locked)
 		DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n",
 			pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name);
 	}
-	free_netdev(pDevice->apdev);
+	if (pDevice->apdev)
+		free_netdev(pDevice->apdev);
 	pDevice->apdev = NULL;
 	pDevice->bEnable8021x = false;
 	pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = false;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c
index ae1676d190c5..67ba48b9a8d9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/hostap.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ static int hostap_disable_hostapd(struct vnt_private *pDevice, int rtnl_locked)
             DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "%s: Netdevice %s unregistered\n",
 		       pDevice->dev->name, pDevice->apdev->name);
 	}
-	free_netdev(pDevice->apdev);
+	if (pDevice->apdev)
+		free_netdev(pDevice->apdev);
 	pDevice->apdev = NULL;
     pDevice->bEnable8021x = false;
     pDevice->bEnableHostWEP = false;