diff --git a/mt7921/main.c b/mt7921/main.c
index 63c663e5..e27d781b 100644
--- a/mt7921/main.c
+++ b/mt7921/main.c
@@ -1511,6 +1511,9 @@ static void mt7921_channel_switch_rx_beacon(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct mt792x_vif *mvif = (struct mt792x_vif *)vif->drv_priv;
 	u16 beacon_interval = vif->bss_conf.beacon_int;
 
+	if (!dev->new_ctx)
+		return;
+
 	if (cfg80211_chandef_identical(&chsw->chandef,
 				       &dev->new_ctx->def) &&
 				       chsw->count) {
diff --git a/mt7925/main.c b/mt7925/main.c
index 73d37227..ec6eb289 100644
--- a/mt7925/main.c
+++ b/mt7925/main.c
@@ -2400,6 +2400,9 @@ static void mt7925_channel_switch_rx_beacon(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	if (ieee80211_vif_is_mld(vif))
 		return;
 
+	if (!dev->new_ctx)
+		return;
+
 	beacon_interval = vif->bss_conf.beacon_int;
 
 	if (cfg80211_chandef_identical(&chsw->chandef,