diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index c0443558b7bf95..1a92c6a0731fe3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -203,17 +203,8 @@ void cfg80211_stop_p2p_device(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 	rdev->opencount--;
 
-	if (rdev->scan_req && rdev->scan_req->wdev == wdev) {
-		/*
-		 * If the scan request wasn't notified as done, set it
-		 * to aborted and leak it after a warning. The driver
-		 * should have notified us that it ended at the latest
-		 * during rdev_stop_p2p_device().
-		 */
-		if (WARN_ON(!rdev->scan_req->notified))
-			rdev->scan_req->aborted = true;
-		___cfg80211_scan_done(rdev, !rdev->scan_req->notified);
-	}
+	WARN_ON(rdev->scan_req && rdev->scan_req->wdev == wdev &&
+		!rdev->scan_req->notified);
 }
 
 static int cfg80211_rfkill_set_block(void *data, bool blocked)
@@ -859,11 +850,8 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		cfg80211_update_iface_num(rdev, wdev->iftype, -1);
-		if (rdev->scan_req && rdev->scan_req->wdev == wdev) {
-			if (WARN_ON(!rdev->scan_req->notified))
-				rdev->scan_req->aborted = true;
-			___cfg80211_scan_done(rdev, true);
-		}
+		WARN_ON(rdev->scan_req && rdev->scan_req->wdev == wdev &&
+			!rdev->scan_req->notified);
 
 		if (WARN_ON(rdev->sched_scan_req &&
 			    rdev->sched_scan_req->dev == wdev->netdev)) {
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index ac77644cf894e0..453c6ed880f194 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int cfg80211_validate_key_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 				   struct key_params *params, int key_idx,
 				   bool pairwise, const u8 *mac_addr);
 void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk);
-void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, bool leak);
+void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev);
 void __cfg80211_sched_scan_results(struct work_struct *wk);
 int __cfg80211_stop_sched_scan(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			       bool driver_initiated);
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index d4397eba5408ea..a32d52a04c275c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static void __cfg80211_bss_expire(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
 		dev->bss_generation++;
 }
 
-void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, bool leak)
+void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev)
 {
 	struct cfg80211_scan_request *request;
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev;
@@ -210,17 +210,7 @@ void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, bool leak)
 		dev_put(wdev->netdev);
 
 	rdev->scan_req = NULL;
-
-	/*
-	 * OK. If this is invoked with "leak" then we can't
-	 * free this ... but we've cleaned it up anyway. The
-	 * driver failed to call the scan_done callback, so
-	 * all bets are off, it might still be trying to use
-	 * the scan request or not ... if it accesses the dev
-	 * in there (it shouldn't anyway) then it may crash.
-	 */
-	if (!leak)
-		kfree(request);
+	kfree(request);
 }
 
 void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk)
@@ -231,7 +221,7 @@ void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk)
 			    scan_done_wk);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	___cfg80211_scan_done(rdev, false);
+	___cfg80211_scan_done(rdev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }