diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/main.c b/wpa_supplicant/main.c
index d2e839dcf..e59646845 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/main.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/main.c
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (wpa_s->global->p2p == NULL &&
 		    (wpa_s->drv_flags &
 		     WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_DEDICATED_P2P_DEVICE) &&
-		    wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(wpa_s) < 0)
+		    wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(wpa_s, iface->conf_p2p_dev) <
+		    0)
 			exitcode = -1;
 #endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
 	}
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
index 1189a6d4b..70a638293 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.c
@@ -3786,7 +3786,8 @@ static void wpas_p2p_debug_print(void *ctx, int level, const char *msg)
 }
 
 
-int wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
+int wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
+				  const char *conf_p2p_dev)
 {
 	struct wpa_interface iface;
 	struct wpa_supplicant *p2pdev_wpa_s;
@@ -3817,8 +3818,8 @@ int wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 	 * If a P2P Device configuration file was given, use it as the interface
 	 * configuration file (instead of using parent's configuration file.
 	 */
-	if (wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev) {
-		iface.confname = wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev;
+	if (conf_p2p_dev) {
+		iface.confname = conf_p2p_dev;
 		iface.ctrl_interface = NULL;
 	} else {
 		iface.confname = wpa_s->confname;
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.h b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.h
index 841d6df88..b61d57ff5 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/p2p_supplicant.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ struct p2p_peer_info;
 struct p2p_channels;
 struct wps_event_fail;
 
-int wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
+int wpas_p2p_add_p2pdev_interface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
+				  const char *conf_p2p_dev);
 struct wpa_supplicant * wpas_get_p2p_go_iface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 					      const u8 *ssid, size_t ssid_len);
 struct wpa_supplicant * wpas_get_p2p_client_iface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
index 3f60d2ba8..30d554041 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
@@ -403,11 +403,6 @@ static void wpa_supplicant_cleanup(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s)
 	os_free(wpa_s->confanother);
 	wpa_s->confanother = NULL;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_P2P
-	os_free(wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev);
-	wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev = NULL;
-#endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
-
 	wpa_sm_set_eapol(wpa_s->wpa, NULL);
 	eapol_sm_deinit(wpa_s->eapol);
 	wpa_s->eapol = NULL;
@@ -3653,11 +3648,6 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_init_iface(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 		wpa_s->confanother = os_rel2abs_path(iface->confanother);
 		wpa_config_read(wpa_s->confanother, wpa_s->conf);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_P2P
-		wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev = os_rel2abs_path(iface->conf_p2p_dev);
-		wpa_config_read(wpa_s->conf_p2p_dev, wpa_s->conf);
-#endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
-
 		/*
 		 * Override ctrl_interface and driver_param if set on command
 		 * line.
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
index f94192394..f375486c6 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant_i.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ struct wpa_interface {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_P2P
 	/**
-	 * conf_p2p_dev - Additional configuration file used to hold the
+	 * conf_p2p_dev - Configuration file used to hold the
 	 * P2P Device configuration parameters.
 	 *
 	 * This can also be %NULL. In such a case, if a P2P Device dedicated
@@ -408,10 +408,6 @@ struct wpa_supplicant {
 	char *confname;
 	char *confanother;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_P2P
-	char *conf_p2p_dev;
-#endif /* CONFIG_P2P */
-
 	struct wpa_config *conf;
 	int countermeasures;
 	struct os_reltime last_michael_mic_error;