diff --git a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
index 8ef2dd9b2b..e5d756d988 100755
--- a/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
+++ b/package/network/config/wifi-scripts/files-ucode/lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh
@@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ function setup() {
 		wdev_data[v.config.ifname] = config;
 	}
 
-	if (length(supplicant_data) > 0)
-		supplicant.setup(supplicant_data, data);
-
-	if (has_ap)
-		hostapd.setup(data);
+	supplicant.setup(supplicant_data, data);
+	hostapd.setup(data);
 
 	system(`ucode /usr/share/hostap/wdev.uc ${data.phy}${data.phy_suffix} set_config '${printf("%J", wdev_data)}' ${join(' ', active_ifnames)}`);