diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
index ed15bd1bcd56..13c9915358d0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "wilc_wfi_netdevice.h"
 
-#define WILC_HIF_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS                4000
+#define WILC_HIF_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS                5000
 #define WILC_HIF_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS             9500
 
 #define WILC_FALSE_FRMWR_CHANNEL		100
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int wilc_scan(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 scan_source, u8 scan_type,
 	int result = 0;
 	struct wid wid_list[5];
 	u32 index = 0;
-	u32 i;
+	u32 i, scan_timeout;
 	u8 *buffer;
 	u8 valuesize = 0;
 	u8 *search_ssid_vals = NULL;
@@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ int wilc_scan(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 scan_source, u8 scan_type,
 	wid_list[index].val = (s8 *)&scan_type;
 	index++;
 
+	if (scan_type == WILC_FW_PASSIVE_SCAN && request->duration) {
+		wid_list[index].id = WID_PASSIVE_SCAN_TIME;
+		wid_list[index].type = WID_SHORT;
+		wid_list[index].size = sizeof(u16);
+		wid_list[index].val = (s8 *)&request->duration;
+		index++;
+
+		scan_timeout = (request->duration * ch_list_len) + 500;
+	} else {
+		scan_timeout = WILC_HIF_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS;
+	}
+
 	wid_list[index].id = WID_SCAN_CHANNEL_LIST;
 	wid_list[index].type = WID_BIN_DATA;
 
@@ -326,7 +338,7 @@ int wilc_scan(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 scan_source, u8 scan_type,
 
 	hif_drv->scan_timer_vif = vif;
 	mod_timer(&hif_drv->scan_timer,
-		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(WILC_HIF_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS));
+		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(scan_timeout));
 
 error:
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.h
index a907c6d33012..4fcc7a3c151d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.h
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ struct wilc_rcvd_net_info {
 	struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt;
 };
 
-
 struct wilc_user_scan_req {
 	void (*scan_result)(enum scan_event evt,
 			    struct wilc_rcvd_net_info *info, void *priv);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index f6825727bf77..b0daa1136663 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static int scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_scan_request *request)
 	u32 i;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u8 scan_ch_list[WILC_MAX_NUM_SCANNED_CH];
+	u8 scan_type;
 
 	if (request->n_channels > WILC_MAX_NUM_SCANNED_CH) {
 		netdev_err(priv->dev, "Requested scanned channels over\n");
@@ -235,9 +236,14 @@ static int scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_scan_request *request)
 		scan_ch_list[i] = ieee80211_frequency_to_channel(freq);
 	}
 
-	ret = wilc_scan(vif, WILC_FW_USER_SCAN, WILC_FW_ACTIVE_SCAN,
-			scan_ch_list, request->n_channels, cfg_scan_result,
-			(void *)priv, request);
+	if (request->n_ssids)
+		scan_type = WILC_FW_ACTIVE_SCAN;
+	else
+		scan_type = WILC_FW_PASSIVE_SCAN;
+
+	ret = wilc_scan(vif, WILC_FW_USER_SCAN, scan_type, scan_ch_list,
+			request->n_channels, cfg_scan_result, (void *)priv,
+			request);
 
 	if (ret) {
 		priv->scan_req = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
index b15de36e32e0..b89d0e0f04cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ enum {
 	WID_LONG_RETRY_LIMIT		= 0x1003,
 	WID_BEACON_INTERVAL		= 0x1006,
 	WID_MEMORY_ACCESS_16BIT		= 0x1008,
-
+	WID_PASSIVE_SCAN_TIME           = 0x100D,
 	WID_JOIN_START_TIMEOUT		= 0x100F,
 	WID_ASOC_TIMEOUT		= 0x1011,
 	WID_11I_PROTOCOL_TIMEOUT	= 0x1012,