diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
index f97323f19acfd8c988a2fbefb8b7f260ef7ece34..af572d71813531fa89453f5692ef834cb0bd856b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static void vnt_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 
 	priv->current_aid = conf->aid;
 
-	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BSSID)
+	if (changed & BSS_CHANGED_BSSID && conf->bssid)
 		vnt_mac_set_bssid_addr(priv, (u8 *)conf->bssid);