diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNative.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNative.java
index 65caa5123c2bc..0fc0a45d35409 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNative.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/WifiNative.java
@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ public class WifiNative {
         return WifiNative.doBooleanCommand("SET config_methods " + cfg);
     }
 
+    public static boolean setP2pSsidPostfix(String postfix) {
+        return WifiNative.doBooleanCommand("SET p2p_ssid_postfix " + postfix);
+    }
+
     public static boolean p2pFind() {
         return doBooleanCommand("P2P_FIND");
     }
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pGroup.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pGroup.java
index 9473993b90c40..e141abac5d90c 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pGroup.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pGroup.java
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ public class WifiP2pGroup implements Parcelable {
         return mClients.size() == 0;
     }
 
+    /** @hide Returns {@code true} if the device is part of the group */
+    public boolean contains(WifiP2pDevice device) {
+        if (mOwner.equals(device) || mClients.contains(device)) return true;
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /** Get the list of clients currently part of the p2p group */
     public Collection<WifiP2pDevice> getClientList() {
         return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(mClients);
diff --git a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pService.java b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pService.java
index ceca78d3a8417..dede1b51f7caf 100644
--- a/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pService.java
+++ b/wifi/java/android/net/wifi/p2p/WifiP2pService.java
@@ -1088,16 +1088,13 @@ public class WifiP2pService extends IWifiP2pManager.Stub {
                     break;
                 case WifiMonitor.P2P_DEVICE_LOST_EVENT:
                     WifiP2pDevice device = (WifiP2pDevice) message.obj;
-                    if (device.equals(mGroup.getOwner())) {
-                        logd("Lost the group owner, killing p2p connection");
-                        WifiNative.p2pGroupRemove(mGroup.getInterface());
-                    } else if (mGroup.removeClient(device)) {
-                        if (!mPersistGroup && mGroup.isClientListEmpty()) {
-                            Slog.d(TAG, "Client list empty, removing a non-persistent p2p group");
-                            WifiNative.p2pGroupRemove(mGroup.getInterface());
-                        }
+                    //Device loss for a connected device indicates it is not in discovery any more
+                    if (mGroup.contains(device)) {
+                        if (DBG) logd("Lost " + device +" , do nothing");
+                        return HANDLED;
                     }
-                    return NOT_HANDLED; // Do the regular device lost handling
+                    // Do the regular device lost handling
+                    return NOT_HANDLED;
                 case WifiP2pManager.DISABLE_P2P:
                     sendMessage(WifiP2pManager.REMOVE_GROUP);
                     deferMessage(message);
@@ -1401,6 +1398,8 @@ public class WifiP2pService extends IWifiP2pManager.Stub {
     private void initializeP2pSettings() {
         WifiNative.setPersistentReconnect(true);
         WifiNative.setDeviceName(mThisDevice.deviceName);
+        //DIRECT-XY-DEVICENAME (XY is randomly generated)
+        WifiNative.setP2pSsidPostfix("-" + mThisDevice.deviceName);
         WifiNative.setDeviceType(mThisDevice.primaryDeviceType);
         //The supplicant default is to support everything, but a bug necessitates
         //the framework to specify this explicitly