diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index c724d285289a..4c80ebe760ca 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -4023,7 +4023,7 @@ static int hdd_open(struct net_device *net_dev)
 	int errno;
 	struct osif_vdev_sync *vdev_sync;
 
-	errno = osif_vdev_sync_trans_start_wait(net_dev, &vdev_sync);
+	errno = osif_vdev_sync_trans_start(net_dev, &vdev_sync);
 	if (errno)
 		return errno;