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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index ec8f767ba95..06c33b68d8e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -558,8 +558,12 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
debugfs_hw_add(local);
+ /*
+ * if the driver doesn't specify a max listen interval we
+ * use 5 which should be a safe default
+ */
if (local->hw.max_listen_interval == 0)
- local->hw.max_listen_interval = 1;
+ local->hw.max_listen_interval = 5;
local->hw.conf.listen_interval = local->hw.max_listen_interval;