diff --git a/src/p2p/p2p_pd.c b/src/p2p/p2p_pd.c
index 532c6f054..134223198 100644
--- a/src/p2p/p2p_pd.c
+++ b/src/p2p/p2p_pd.c
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ static void p2ps_add_new_group_info(struct p2p_data *p2p, struct wpabuf *buf)
 	if (found) {
 		p2p_buf_add_group_id(buf, p2p->cfg->dev_addr,
 				     ssid, ssid_len);
-		p2p_buf_add_intended_addr(buf, intended_addr);
+
+		if (group_iface)
+			p2p_buf_add_intended_addr(buf, p2p->intended_addr);
+		else
+			p2p_buf_add_intended_addr(buf, intended_addr);
 	} else {
 		if (!p2p->ssid_set) {
 			p2p_build_ssid(p2p, p2p->ssid, &p2p->ssid_len);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
index 9e2760fa3..ce06e6115 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
@@ -3546,17 +3546,24 @@ static int wpas_get_go_info(void *ctx, u8 *intended_addr,
 	struct wpa_ssid *s;
 	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
 
+	/*
+	 * group_iface will be set to 1 only if a dedicated interface for P2P
+	 * role is required. First, we try to reuse an active GO. However,
+	 * if it is not present, we will try to reactivate an existing
+	 * persistent group and set group_iface to 1, so the caller will know
+	 * that the pending interface should be used.
+	 */
+	*group_iface = 0;
 	s = wpas_p2p_group_go_ssid(wpa_s, bssid);
 	if (!s) {
 		s = wpas_p2p_get_persistent_go(wpa_s);
+		*group_iface = wpas_p2p_create_iface(wpa_s);
 		if (s)
 			os_memcpy(bssid, s->bssid, ETH_ALEN);
+		else
+			return 0;
 	}
 
-	*group_iface = wpas_p2p_create_iface(wpa_s);
-	if (!s)
-		return 0;
-
 	os_memcpy(intended_addr, bssid, ETH_ALEN);
 	os_memcpy(ssid, s->ssid, s->ssid_len);
 	*ssid_len = s->ssid_len;