diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/main.c b/wpa_supplicant/main.c
index e59646845..13e976949 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/main.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/main.c
@@ -327,14 +327,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			exitcode = -1;
 			break;
 		}
-#ifdef CONFIG_P2P
-		if (wpa_s->global->p2p == NULL &&
-		    (wpa_s->drv_flags &
-		     WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_DEDICATED_P2P_DEVICE) &&
-		    wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(wpa_s, iface->conf_p2p_dev) <
-		    0)
-			exitcode = -1;
-#endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
 	}
 
 	if (exitcode == 0)
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
index 4ada8ce6a..27afa8320 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
@@ -4028,6 +4028,16 @@ struct wpa_supplicant * wpa_supplicant_add_iface(struct wpa_global *global,
 	wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG, "Added interface %s", wpa_s->ifname);
 	wpa_supplicant_set_state(wpa_s, WPA_DISCONNECTED);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_P2P
+	if (wpa_s->global->p2p == NULL &&
+	    (wpa_s->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_DEDICATED_P2P_DEVICE) &&
+	    wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(wpa_s, iface->conf_p2p_dev) < 0) {
+		wpa_printf(MSG_INFO,
+			   "P2P: Failed to enable P2P Device interface");
+		/* Try to continue without. P2P will be disabled. */
+	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
+
 	return wpa_s;
 }