diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
index 3da6ac60c65d030176292c49ea5d671de4f67052..f9c9d5cf0854dc24a224447ae26b882423810e61 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ static struct wlcore_conf wl18xx_conf = {
 		.num_probe_reqs			= 2,
 		.rssi_threshold			= -90,
 		.snr_threshold			= 0,
+		.num_short_intervals		= SCAN_MAX_SHORT_INTERVALS,
+		.long_interval			= 30000,
 	},
 	.ht = {
 		.rx_ba_win_size = 32,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.c
index 98666f235a12d9a70873e18eaa3245298007284f..ec2eb147add3b3afe800083a7eabc7e687633612 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.c
@@ -223,9 +223,20 @@ int wl18xx_scan_sched_scan_config(struct wl1271 *wl,
 				    SCAN_TYPE_PERIODIC);
 	wl18xx_adjust_channels(cmd, cmd_channels);
 
-	cmd->short_cycles_sec = 0;
-	cmd->long_cycles_sec = cpu_to_le16(req->interval);
-	cmd->short_cycles_count = 0;
+	if (c->num_short_intervals && c->long_interval &&
+	    c->long_interval > req->interval) {
+		cmd->short_cycles_msec = cpu_to_le16(req->interval);
+		cmd->long_cycles_msec = cpu_to_le16(c->long_interval);
+		cmd->short_cycles_count = c->num_short_intervals;
+	} else {
+		cmd->short_cycles_msec = 0;
+		cmd->long_cycles_msec = cpu_to_le16(req->interval);
+		cmd->short_cycles_count = 0;
+	}
+	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_SCAN, "short_interval: %d, long_interval: %d, num_short: %d",
+		     le16_to_cpu(cmd->short_cycles_msec),
+		     le16_to_cpu(cmd->long_cycles_msec),
+		     cmd->short_cycles_count);
 
 	cmd->total_cycles = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.h
index 2e636aa5dba9bac8d11ff63d5fe02b7efc19af9c..66a763f644d2f8a043050623601f6c9c3fffce08 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/scan.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ struct wl18xx_cmd_scan_params {
 	u8 dfs;		   /* number of dfs channels in 5ghz */
 	u8 passive_active; /* number of passive before active channels 2.4ghz */
 
-	__le16 short_cycles_sec;
-	__le16 long_cycles_sec;
+	__le16 short_cycles_msec;
+	__le16 long_cycles_msec;
 	u8 short_cycles_count;
 	u8 total_cycles; /* 0 - infinite */
 	u8 padding[2];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/conf.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/conf.h
index 166add00b50fb43984b458f4ab9cf254b9a456d5..52a9d1b140203612ba05285c1542f3ce7c28182d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/conf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/conf.h
@@ -1186,6 +1186,15 @@ struct conf_sched_scan_settings {
 
 	/* SNR threshold to be used for filtering */
 	s8 snr_threshold;
+
+	/*
+	 * number of short intervals scheduled scan cycles before
+	 * switching to long intervals
+	 */
+	u8 num_short_intervals;
+
+	/* interval between each long scheduled scan cycle (in ms) */
+	u16 long_interval;
 } __packed;
 
 struct conf_ht_setting {
@@ -1352,7 +1361,7 @@ struct conf_recovery_settings {
  * version, the two LSB are the lower driver's private conf
  * version.
  */
-#define WLCORE_CONF_VERSION	(0x0006 << 16)
+#define WLCORE_CONF_VERSION	(0x0007 << 16)
 #define WLCORE_CONF_MASK	0xffff0000
 #define WLCORE_CONF_SIZE	(sizeof(struct wlcore_conf_header) +	\
 				 sizeof(struct wlcore_conf))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.h
index 4dadd0c62cde5251f83d924e20b1c5312e3d2806..782eb297c196955c9d0b90002d8e8e05588ac511 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.h
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ struct wl1271_cmd_trigger_scan_to {
 #define MAX_CHANNELS_5GHZ	42
 
 #define SCAN_MAX_CYCLE_INTERVALS 16
+
+/* The FW intervals can take up to 16 entries.
+ * The 1st entry isn't used (scan is immediate). The last
+ * entry should be used for the long_interval
+ */
+#define SCAN_MAX_SHORT_INTERVALS (SCAN_MAX_CYCLE_INTERVALS - 2)
 #define SCAN_MAX_BANDS 3
 
 enum {