diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan.c b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan.c
index 0a7c27f8b4..dc5128bf1b 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan.c
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan.c
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ static int issue_scan(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 			params->scan_time.passive = scan_params->duration;
 			params->scan_time.active.min = scan_params->duration;
 			params->scan_time.active.max = scan_params->duration;
+		} else {
+			params->scan_time.active.min = SUPPLICANT_SCAN_ACTIVE_SCAN_MIN_DURATION;
+			params->scan_time.active.max = SUPPLICANT_SCAN_ACTIVE_SCAN_MAX_DURATION;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan_i.h b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan_i.h
index bbea379867..a4b6da0e82 100644
--- a/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan_i.h
+++ b/components/wpa_supplicant/esp_supplicant/src/esp_scan_i.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #ifndef ESP_SCAN_I_H
 #define ESP_SCAN_I_H
+
+#define SUPPLICANT_SCAN_ACTIVE_SCAN_MIN_DURATION 10
+#define SUPPLICANT_SCAN_ACTIVE_SCAN_MAX_DURATION 70
+
 void esp_scan_init(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
 void esp_scan_deinit(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s);
 int esp_handle_beacon_probe(u8 type, u8 *frame, size_t len, u8 *sender,