diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
index 20a6c55558737b3bc3e3968856c5fe827780c688..2ffabddbcfcaf305ad27cb789dfc6627daf1189c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cmdevt.c
@@ -484,8 +484,6 @@ int mwifiex_send_cmd_sync(struct mwifiex_private *priv, uint16_t cmd_no,
 
 	ret = mwifiex_send_cmd_async(priv, cmd_no, cmd_action, cmd_oid,
 				     data_buf);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(adapter);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -588,9 +586,10 @@ int mwifiex_send_cmd_async(struct mwifiex_private *priv, uint16_t cmd_no,
 	if (cmd_no == HostCmd_CMD_802_11_SCAN) {
 		mwifiex_queue_scan_cmd(priv, cmd_node);
 	} else {
-		adapter->cmd_queued = cmd_node;
 		mwifiex_insert_cmd_to_pending_q(adapter, cmd_node, true);
 		queue_work(adapter->workqueue, &adapter->main_work);
+		if (cmd_node->wait_q_enabled)
+			ret = mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(adapter, cmd_node);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
index 553adfb0aa81a35c468e44a07943b3f8fdf6e79e..7035ade9af74aeb08ceeea6b1545b28bd8e105d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ struct mwifiex_adapter {
 	u16 cmd_wait_q_required;
 	struct mwifiex_wait_queue cmd_wait_q;
 	u8 scan_wait_q_woken;
-	struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_queued;
 	spinlock_t queue_lock;		/* lock for tx queues */
 	struct completion fw_load;
 	u8 country_code[IEEE80211_COUNTRY_STRING_LEN];
@@ -1018,7 +1017,8 @@ int mwifiex_request_set_multicast_list(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 			struct mwifiex_multicast_list *mcast_list);
 int mwifiex_copy_mcast_addr(struct mwifiex_multicast_list *mlist,
 			    struct net_device *dev);
-int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter);
+int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
+				struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_queued);
 int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 		      struct cfg80211_ssid *req_ssid);
 int mwifiex_cancel_hs(struct mwifiex_private *priv, int cmd_type);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
index bb60c2754a97ea54cc8c709206ba31a861e05d2e..d215b4d3c51b57db90eee2293f6c153059fe037b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -1388,10 +1388,13 @@ int mwifiex_scan_networks(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 			list_del(&cmd_node->list);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock,
 					       flags);
-			adapter->cmd_queued = cmd_node;
 			mwifiex_insert_cmd_to_pending_q(adapter, cmd_node,
 							true);
 			queue_work(adapter->workqueue, &adapter->main_work);
+
+			/* Perform internal scan synchronously */
+			if (!priv->scan_request)
+				mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(adapter, cmd_node);
 		} else {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->scan_pending_q_lock,
 					       flags);
@@ -1946,9 +1949,6 @@ int mwifiex_request_scan(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		/* Normal scan */
 		ret = mwifiex_scan_networks(priv, NULL);
 
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(priv->adapter);
-
 	up(&priv->async_sem);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 9f33c92c90f5b8dc32bf9685bd3b708171b66acc..13100f8de3db1729b613333f16d21438104cd2e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -54,16 +54,10 @@ int mwifiex_copy_mcast_addr(struct mwifiex_multicast_list *mlist,
  * This function waits on a cmd wait queue. It also cancels the pending
  * request after waking up, in case of errors.
  */
-int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
+int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
+				struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_queued)
 {
 	int status;
-	struct cmd_ctrl_node *cmd_queued;
-
-	if (!adapter->cmd_queued)
-		return 0;
-
-	cmd_queued = adapter->cmd_queued;
-	adapter->cmd_queued = NULL;
 
 	dev_dbg(adapter->dev, "cmd pending\n");
 	atomic_inc(&adapter->cmd_pending);