diff --git a/mt7996/mcu.c b/mt7996/mcu.c
index 994526c6..dd4b7b8c 100644
--- a/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -2326,8 +2326,7 @@ mt7996_mcu_sta_mld_setup_tlv(struct mt7996_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (nlinks > 1) {
 		link_id = __ffs(links & ~BIT(msta->deflink_id));
-		msta_link = mt76_dereference(msta->link[msta->deflink_id],
-					     &dev->mt76);
+		msta_link = mt76_dereference(msta->link[link_id], &dev->mt76);
 		if (!msta_link)
 			return;
 	}