diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
index 9e44c85d2051..284bc61c46d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ qtnf_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	u16 flags = 0;
 	u16 freq;
 
-	*cookie = short_cookie;
-
 	if (params->offchan)
 		flags |= QLINK_FRAME_TX_FLAG_OFFCHAN;