diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wps.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wps.c
index d3a8a2b3b2..ae5eb4dbc7 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wps.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_wps.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ wifi_station_wps_deinit(void)
         sm->wps = NULL;
     }
     if (s_wps_sm_cb) {
+        s_wps_sm_cb->wps_sm_notify_deauth = NULL;
         os_free(s_wps_sm_cb);
         s_wps_sm_cb = NULL;
     }