diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
index 0fba5b10ef2d..1bd4e13b8449 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
@@ -70,11 +70,7 @@ mwifiex_process_cmdresp_error(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		break;
 	case HostCmd_CMD_802_11_SCAN:
 	case HostCmd_CMD_802_11_SCAN_EXT:
-		mwifiex_cancel_pending_scan_cmd(adapter);
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->mwifiex_cmd_lock, flags);
-		adapter->scan_processing = false;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->mwifiex_cmd_lock, flags);
+		mwifiex_cancel_scan(adapter);
 		break;
 
 	case HostCmd_CMD_MAC_CONTROL: