diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
index 6e4b23b73e..53743a14f1 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ hostapd_set_bss_options() {
 
 	if [ "$wpa" -ge "1" ]; then
 		json_get_vars nasid ieee80211r
+		set_default ieee80211r 0
 		[ -n "$nasid" ] && append bss_conf "nas_identifier=$nasid" "$N"
 
 		if [ "$ieee80211r" -gt "0" ]; then