diff --git a/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index bd3dcb1..95e5cd1 100755
--- a/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -8994,7 +8994,7 @@ static u32 rtw_append_assoc_req_owe_ie(_adapter *adapter, u8 *pbuf)
 	if (sec == NULL)
 		goto exit;
 
-	if (sec->owe_ie && sec->owe_ie_len > 0) {
+	if (&(sec->owe_ie) != NULL && sec->owe_ie_len > 0) {
 		len = sec->owe_ie_len;
 		_rtw_memcpy(pbuf, sec->owe_ie, len);
 	}