diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
index 992fd7f..4ff70c7 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/ctrl_iface.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@
 	u8 *_p2p_dev_addr = NULL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_AP */
 
-	if (cmd == NULL || os_strcmp(cmd, "any") == 0 || cmd[0] == '\0') {
+	if (cmd == NULL || os_strcmp(cmd, "any") == 0) {
 		_bssid = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_P2P
 	} else if (os_strncmp(cmd, "p2p_dev_addr=", 13) == 0) {