diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p.c b/src/p2p/p2p.c
index 84de7af39..b2636092d 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p.c
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p.c
@@ -4192,7 +4192,7 @@ static void p2p_update_wfd_ie_groups(struct p2p_data *p2p)
 
 	for (g = 0; g < p2p->num_groups; g++) {
 		group = p2p->groups[g];
-		p2p_group_update_ies(group);
+		p2p_group_force_beacon_update_ies(group);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p_group.c b/src/p2p/p2p_group.c
index 15e76226a..92b558365 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p_group.c
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p_group.c
@@ -980,3 +980,10 @@ int p2p_group_is_group_id_match(struct p2p_group *group, const u8 *group_id,
 	return os_memcmp(group_id + ETH_ALEN, group->cfg->ssid,
 			 group->cfg->ssid_len) == 0;
 }
+
+
+void p2p_group_force_beacon_update_ies(struct p2p_group *group)
+{
+	group->beacon_update = 1;
+	p2p_group_update_ies(group);
+}
diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p_i.h b/src/p2p/p2p_i.h
index bb5dd394e..6b7f6bdfb 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p_i.h
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p_i.h
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ u8 p2p_group_presence_req(struct p2p_group *group,
 int p2p_group_is_group_id_match(struct p2p_group *group, const u8 *group_id,
 				size_t group_id_len);
 void p2p_group_update_ies(struct p2p_group *group);
+void p2p_group_force_beacon_update_ies(struct p2p_group *group);
 struct wpabuf * p2p_group_get_wfd_ie(struct p2p_group *g);