--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -7840,7 +7840,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_channel(struct i8
 	nl80211_cmd(drv, msg, 0, set_chan ? NL80211_CMD_SET_CHANNEL :
 		    NL80211_CMD_SET_WIPHY);
 
-	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, drv->ifindex);
+	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, bss->ifindex);
 	if (nl80211_put_freq_params(msg, freq) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;