diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 3702e61a89f622f005e6dc4ff29844b047ef710c..3edc1d867836a4480f48825fb17447bfa8b29397 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static struct conf_drv_settings default_conf = {
 		.ps_poll_recovery_period     = 700,
 		.bet_enable                  = CONF_BET_MODE_ENABLE,
 		.bet_max_consecutive         = 50,
-		.psm_entry_retries           = 5,
+		.psm_entry_retries           = 8,
 		.psm_exit_retries            = 16,
 		.psm_entry_nullfunc_retries  = 3,
 		.psm_entry_hangover_period   = 1,