diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index 744b77120b86..e9db04958030 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -2203,6 +2203,7 @@ static int start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 		PRINT_ER("Error in setting channel\n");
 
 	wilc_wlan_set_bssid(dev, wl->vif[vif->u8IfIdx]->src_addr, AP_MODE);
+	wilc_set_power_mgmt(vif, 0, 0);
 
 	s32Error = wilc_add_beacon(vif, settings->beacon_interval,
 				   settings->dtim_period, beacon->head_len,