diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_sigma_dut.py b/tests/hwsim/test_sigma_dut.py
index 0b81e7f56..8e8384bec 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_sigma_dut.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_sigma_dut.py
@@ -4900,6 +4900,7 @@ def test_sigma_dut_ap_ft_rsnxe_used_mismatch(dev, apdev, params):
                 with open(conffile, "wb") as f2:
                     f2.write(f.read())
 
+            dev[0].set("sae_groups", "")
             dev[0].connect("test-sae", key_mgmt="FT-SAE", sae_password="hello",
                            ieee80211w="2", scan_freq="2412")