diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
index aa37a1410f37..f8af0c3d405a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
  * Copyright 2015 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Intel Corporation
  */
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
 #include "ieee80211_i.h"
@@ -564,6 +564,10 @@ int drv_change_sta_links(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* during reconfig don't add it to debugfs again */
+	if (local->in_reconfig)
+		return 0;
+
 	for_each_set_bit(link_id, &links_to_add, IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS) {
 		link_sta = rcu_dereference_protected(info->link[link_id],
 						     lockdep_is_held(&local->sta_mtx));