diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant b/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
index 3c5c9d243f6..9e5f64a5373 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ is_ndis_interface()
 }
 
 wpa_poststart() {
+	ifconfig ${ifn} down
+	sleep 2
 	ifconfig ${ifn} up
 }