diff --git a/ipacm/inc/IPACM_Iface.h b/ipacm/inc/IPACM_Iface.h
index 2e18f51..8ff7450 100644
--- a/ipacm/inc/IPACM_Iface.h
+++ b/ipacm/inc/IPACM_Iface.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 
 	/* software routing disable */
 	virtual int handle_software_routing_disable(void);
+	void delete_iface(void);
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/ipacm/src/IPACM_Iface.cpp b/ipacm/src/IPACM_Iface.cpp
index 332b3cd..e203634 100644
--- a/ipacm/src/IPACM_Iface.cpp
+++ b/ipacm/src/IPACM_Iface.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (c) 2013, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -1029,3 +1029,10 @@
 
 	return;
 }
+
+void IPACM_Iface::delete_iface(void)
+{
+	IPACMDBG_H("netdev (%s):ipa_index (%d) instance close \n",
+			IPACM_Iface::ipacmcfg->iface_table[ipa_if_num].iface_name, ipa_if_num);
+	delete this;
+}
diff --git a/ipacm/src/IPACM_IfaceManager.cpp b/ipacm/src/IPACM_IfaceManager.cpp
index 85033a3..e7660b1 100644
--- a/ipacm/src/IPACM_IfaceManager.cpp
+++ b/ipacm/src/IPACM_IfaceManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (c) 2013-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2013-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@
 			{
 				IPACMDBG_H("Creating Lan interface\n");
 				IPACM_Lan *lan = new IPACM_Lan(ipa_interface_index);
+				if (lan->rx_prop == NULL && lan->tx_prop == NULL)
+				{
+					/* close the netdev instance if IPA not support*/
+					lan->delete_iface();
+					return IPACM_FAILURE;
+				}
 				IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_ADDR_ADD_EVENT, lan);
 				//IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_ROUTE_ADD_EVENT, lan);
 				//IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_ROUTE_DEL_EVENT, lan);
@@ -365,6 +371,14 @@
 			{
 				IPACMDBG_H("Creating WLan interface\n");
 				IPACM_Wlan *wl = new IPACM_Wlan(ipa_interface_index);
+				if (wl->rx_prop == NULL && wl->tx_prop == NULL)
+				{
+					/* reset the AP-iface category to unknown */
+					IPACM_Iface::ipacmcfg->iface_table[ipa_interface_index].if_cat = UNKNOWN_IF;
+					/* close the netdev instance if IPA not support*/
+					wl->delete_iface();
+					return IPACM_FAILURE;
+				}
 				IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_ADDR_ADD_EVENT, wl);
 				IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_ROUTE_DEL_EVENT, wl);
 				IPACM_EvtDispatcher::registr(IPA_WLAN_CLIENT_ADD_EVENT, wl);
@@ -421,6 +435,14 @@
 					if(is_sta_mode == WLAN_WAN)
 					{
 						w = new IPACM_Wan(ipa_interface_index, is_sta_mode, param->mac_addr);
+						if (w->rx_prop == NULL && w->tx_prop == NULL)
+						{
+							/* reset the AP-iface category to unknown */
+							IPACM_Iface::ipacmcfg->iface_table[ipa_interface_index].if_cat = UNKNOWN_IF;
+							/* close the netdev instance if IPA not support*/
+							w->delete_iface();
+							return IPACM_FAILURE;
+						}
 					}
 					else
 					{
diff --git a/ipacm/src/IPACM_Wlan.cpp b/ipacm/src/IPACM_Wlan.cpp
index df1c569..f9b4e5a 100644
--- a/ipacm/src/IPACM_Wlan.cpp
+++ b/ipacm/src/IPACM_Wlan.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 {
 	IPACM_EvtDispatcher::deregistr(this);
 	IPACM_IfaceManager::deregistr(this);
+	IPACM_Wlan::num_wlan_ap_iface--;
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +197,6 @@
 		ipacm_event_data_fid *data = (ipacm_event_data_fid *)param;
 		if(data->if_index == ipa_if_num)
 		{
-			IPACM_Wlan::num_wlan_ap_iface--;
 			IPACMDBG_H("Now the number of wlan AP iface is %d\n", IPACM_Wlan::num_wlan_ap_iface);
 
 			IPACMDBG_H("Received IPA_LAN_DELETE_SELF event.\n");