diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p.c b/src/p2p/p2p.c
index b7a5eae35..f9ca90301 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p.c
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p.c
@@ -3974,6 +3974,7 @@ static void p2p_timeout_wait_peer_idle(struct p2p_data *p2p)
 	}
 
 	p2p_dbg(p2p, "Go to Listen state while waiting for the peer to become ready for GO Negotiation");
+	p2p->cfg->stop_listen(p2p->cfg->cb_ctx);
 	p2p_set_state(p2p, P2P_WAIT_PEER_CONNECT);
 	p2p_listen_in_find(p2p, 0);
 }