--- a/wpa_supplicant/events.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static int _wpa_supplicant_event_scan_re
 			wpa_dbg(wpa_s, MSG_DEBUG, "Setup a new network");
 			wpa_supplicant_associate(wpa_s, NULL, ssid);
 		} else {
-			int timeout_sec = 5;
+			int timeout_sec = 0;
 			int timeout_usec = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_P2P
 			if (wpa_s->p2p_in_provisioning) {