diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
index 00ddcc2d37c1..43fdd45f8401 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static struct conf_drv_settings default_conf = {
 			.snr_pkt_avg_weight  = 10
 		},
 		.bet_enable                  = CONF_BET_MODE_ENABLE,
-		.bet_max_consecutive         = 100,
+		.bet_max_consecutive         = 10,
 		.psm_entry_retries           = 3
 	},
 	.init = {