diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 626d8ef8e8e1..400fbe4320e4 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -9502,6 +9502,7 @@ int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(hdd_adapter_t *pAdapter,
 			 */
 			qdf_mem_copy((void *)(pWextState->req_bssId.bytes),
 					bssid, QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
+			hdd_info("bssid is given by upper layer %pM", bssid);
 		} else if (bssid_hint) {
 			pRoamProfile->BSSIDs.numOfBSSIDs = 1;
 			qdf_mem_copy((void *)(pRoamProfile->BSSIDs.bssid),
@@ -9513,11 +9514,12 @@ int wlan_hdd_cfg80211_connect_start(hdd_adapter_t *pAdapter,
 			 */
 			qdf_mem_copy((void *)(pWextState->req_bssId.bytes),
 					bssid_hint, QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
-			hdd_warn(" bssid_hint "MAC_ADDRESS_STR,
-					MAC_ADDR_ARRAY(bssid_hint));
+			hdd_info("bssid_hint is given by upper layer %pM",
+					bssid_hint);
 		} else {
 			qdf_mem_zero((void *)(pRoamProfile->BSSIDs.bssid),
 				     QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
+			hdd_info("no bssid given by upper layer");
 		}
 
 		hdd_notice("Connect to SSID: %.*s operating Channel: %u",
diff --git a/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c b/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
index 99d024d36247..3967119f1e4f 100644
--- a/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
+++ b/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
@@ -1962,6 +1962,11 @@ static QDF_STATUS csr_calc_pref_val_by_pcl(tpAniSirGlobal mac_ctx,
 
 	if (NULL == mac_ctx || NULL == bss_descr)
 		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
+	if (filter && (0 != filter->BSSIDs.numOfBSSIDs)) {
+		sms_log(mac_ctx, LOGW,
+			FL("filter has specific bssid, no point of boosting"));
+		return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+	}
 
 	if (is_channel_found_in_pcl(mac_ctx,
 			bss_descr->Result.BssDescriptor.channelId, filter) &&
@@ -2010,7 +2015,7 @@ csr_parse_scan_results(tpAniSirGlobal pMac,
 
 	csr_ll_lock(&pMac->scan.scanResultList);
 
-	if (pFilter) {
+	if (pFilter && (0 == pFilter->BSSIDs.numOfBSSIDs)) {
 		if (cds_map_concurrency_mode(
 					&pFilter->csrPersona, &new_mode)) {
 			status = cds_get_pcl(new_mode,