diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/notify.c b/wpa_supplicant/notify.c
index 3122c58..0f2556c 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/notify.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/notify.c
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_DBUS_NEW */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_AIDL
-	global->aidl = wpas_aidl_init(global);
-	if (!global->aidl)
-		return -1;
-#endif /* CONFIG_AIDL */
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -68,9 +62,17 @@
 			return -1;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AIDL
+	/* AIDL initialization may not be complete at this point.
+	 * Initialization is done after daemonizing in order to avoid
+	 * issues with the file descriptor.
+	 */
+	if (!wpa_s || !wpa_s->global->aidl)
+		return 0;
 	/* HIDL interface wants to keep track of the P2P mgmt iface. */
 	if (wpas_aidl_register_interface(wpa_s))
 		return -1;
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
index 521ff90..d84f308 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include "ap/ap_config.h"
 #include "ap/hostapd.h"
 #endif /* CONFIG_MESH */
+#include "aidl/aidl.h"
 
 const char *const wpa_supplicant_version =
 "wpa_supplicant v" VERSION_STR "\n"
@@ -7826,6 +7827,12 @@
 					wpa_s->ctrl_iface);
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_AIDL
+	global->aidl = wpas_aidl_init(global);
+	if (!global->aidl)
+		return -1;
+#endif /* CONFIG_AIDL */
+
 	eloop_register_signal_terminate(wpa_supplicant_terminate, global);
 	eloop_register_signal_reconfig(wpa_supplicant_reconfig, global);