diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 28048474827a..dd49b2292b5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct conf_drv_settings default_conf = {
 		.ps_poll_threshold           = 10,
 		.ps_poll_recovery_period     = 700,
 		.bet_enable                  = CONF_BET_MODE_ENABLE,
-		.bet_max_consecutive         = 10,
+		.bet_max_consecutive         = 50,
 		.psm_entry_retries           = 5,
 		.psm_exit_retries            = 255,
 		.psm_entry_nullfunc_retries  = 3,