diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
index e5aeef9ac..b0ebaaeb1 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
@@ -3225,7 +3225,8 @@ void wpas_p2p_deinit_global(struct wpa_global *global)
 
 static int wpas_p2p_create_iface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 {
-	if (wpa_s->conf->p2p_no_group_iface)
+	if (!(wpa_s->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_DEDICATED_P2P_DEVICE) &&
+	    wpa_s->conf->p2p_no_group_iface)
 		return 0; /* separate interface disabled per configuration */
 	if (wpa_s->drv_flags &
 	    (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_P2P_DEDICATED_INTERFACE |