diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
index dda71cd9aab124f49f0f24826ec44ff1073b57df..a1b6d202d57c0b77b4bd510ada832124486eeceb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
@@ -1234,7 +1234,10 @@ void iwlagn_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 
 		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Scanning while associated...\n");
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-		interval = vif ? vif->bss_conf.beacon_int : 0;
+		if (priv->is_internal_short_scan)
+			interval = 0;
+		else
+			interval = vif->bss_conf.beacon_int;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 
 		scan->suspend_time = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 9a7209d075c86d19ff630119eefd07671aca7e46..45a68457504658ee256cde19b22fce4b46edf7e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -2881,7 +2881,10 @@ void iwl3945_request_scan(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Scanning while associated...\n");
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
-		interval = vif ? vif->bss_conf.beacon_int : 0;
+		if (priv->is_internal_short_scan)
+			interval = 0;
+		else
+			interval = vif->bss_conf.beacon_int;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 
 		scan->suspend_time = 0;