diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
index 407f3e4d4..963a0b806 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
@@ -4313,7 +4313,8 @@ int wpas_p2p_connect(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, const u8 *peer_addr,
 				   go_intent == 15);
 	if (res)
 		return res;
-	wpas_p2p_set_own_freq_preference(wpa_s, force_freq);
+	wpas_p2p_set_own_freq_preference(wpa_s,
+					 force_freq ? force_freq : pref_freq);
 
 	wpa_s->create_p2p_iface = wpas_p2p_create_iface(wpa_s);