diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 2eebc6215cac..bdf11c9f44a8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -1251,11 +1251,12 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 		else
 			strcpy(ndev->name, "p2p%d");
 
-		vif->idx = wl->vif_num;
 		vif->wilc = *wilc;
 		vif->ndev = ndev;
 		wl->vif[i] = vif;
 		wl->vif_num = i;
+		vif->idx = wl->vif_num;
+
 		ndev->netdev_ops = &wilc_netdev_ops;
 
 		{