diff --git a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
index aa44b393c3a..30d12e904f0 100644
--- a/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
+++ b/package/network/services/hostapd/files/netifd.sh
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ _wpa_supplicant_common() {
 
 wpa_supplicant_teardown_interface() {
 	_wpa_supplicant_common "$1"
-	rm -rf "$_rpath" "$_config"
+	rm -rf "$_rpath/$1" "$_config"
 }
 
 wpa_supplicant_prepare_interface() {