diff --git a/src/ap/hostapd.c b/src/ap/hostapd.c
index 47fa144c4..cf8a8cb37 100644
--- a/src/ap/hostapd.c
+++ b/src/ap/hostapd.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,8 @@ hostapd_alloc_bss_data(struct hostapd_iface *hapd_iface,
 	hapd->iconf = conf;
 	hapd->conf = bss;
 	hapd->iface = hapd_iface;
-	hapd->driver = hapd->iconf->driver;
+	if (conf)
+		hapd->driver = conf->driver;
 	hapd->ctrl_sock = -1;
 	dl_list_init(&hapd->ctrl_dst);
 	dl_list_init(&hapd->nr_db);
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
index 602ed2eb2..2ca81a382 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
@@ -177,10 +177,9 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_mesh_init(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 	if (!ifmsh->bss)
 		goto out_free;
 
-	ifmsh->bss[0] = bss = os_zalloc(sizeof(struct hostapd_data));
+	ifmsh->bss[0] = bss = hostapd_alloc_bss_data(NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	if (!bss)
 		goto out_free;
-	dl_list_init(&bss->nr_db);
 
 	os_memcpy(bss->own_addr, wpa_s->own_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 	bss->driver = wpa_s->driver;