diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 5cd4e9b5f..9a58b81b7 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -7927,7 +7927,8 @@ static int nl80211_pmkid(struct i802_bss *bss, int cmd,
 	    (params->fils_cache_id &&
 	     nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_FILS_CACHE_ID, 2,
 		     params->fils_cache_id)) ||
-	    (params->pmk_len && params->pmk_len <= PMK_MAX_LEN &&
+	    (cmd != NL80211_CMD_DEL_PMKSA &&
+	     params->pmk_len && params->pmk_len <= PMK_MAX_LEN &&
 	     nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_PMK, params->pmk_len, params->pmk))) {
 		nl80211_nlmsg_clear(msg);
 		nlmsg_free(msg);