diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index 2a90bb24ba77..6049f9a761d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -3780,8 +3780,10 @@ static int brcmf_internal_escan_add_info(struct cfg80211_scan_request *req,
 		if (req->channels[i] == chan)
 			break;
 	}
-	if (i == req->n_channels)
-		req->channels[req->n_channels++] = chan;
+	if (i == req->n_channels) {
+		req->n_channels++;
+		req->channels[i] = chan;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < req->n_ssids; i++) {
 		if (req->ssids[i].ssid_len == ssid_len &&