diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_ap_qosmap.py b/tests/hwsim/test_ap_qosmap.py
index ffe8ca0d1..3119a98bf 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_ap_qosmap.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_ap_qosmap.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def check_qos_map(ap, hapd, dev, sta, dscp, tid, ap_tid=None):
     if not ap_tid:
         ap_tid = tid
     bssid = ap['bssid']
-    Wlantest.setup(hapd)
     wt = Wlantest()
     wt.clear_sta_counters(bssid, sta)
     hwsim_utils.test_connectivity(dev, hapd, dscp=dscp, config=False)
@@ -50,6 +49,7 @@ def test_ap_qosmap(dev, apdev):
     addr = dev[0].p2p_interface_addr()
     dev[0].request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
     hapd.request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
+    Wlantest.setup(hapd)
     check_qos_map(apdev[0], hapd, dev[0], addr, 53, 2)
     check_qos_map(apdev[0], hapd, dev[0], addr, 22, 6)
     check_qos_map(apdev[0], hapd, dev[0], addr, 8, 0)
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def test_ap_qosmap_default(dev, apdev):
     addr = dev[0].p2p_interface_addr()
     dev[0].request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
     hapd.request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
+    Wlantest.setup(hapd)
     for dscp in [ 0, 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 31, 32, 39, 40, 47, 48, 55, 56, 63]:
         check_qos_map(apdev[0], hapd, dev[0], addr, dscp, dscp >> 3)
     dev[0].request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 0")
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ def test_ap_qosmap_default_acm(dev, apdev):
     addr = dev[0].p2p_interface_addr()
     dev[0].request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
     hapd.request("DATA_TEST_CONFIG 1")
+    Wlantest.setup(hapd)
     for dscp in [ 0, 7, 8, 15, 16, 23, 24, 31, 32, 39, 40, 47, 48, 55, 56, 63]:
         ap_tid = dscp >> 3
         tid = ap_tid