diff --git a/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant b/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
index 46cb8499e12b..7a95ccb36be4 100755
--- a/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
+++ b/libexec/rc/rc.d/wpa_supplicant
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ fi
 
 wpa_poststart() {
 	ifconfig ${ifn} down
-	sleep 2
 	ifconfig ${ifn} up
 }