diff --git a/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c b/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
index 723c7a54a918..066adc52400f 100644
--- a/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
+++ b/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ static void mlme_init_timeout_cfg(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 			cfg_get(psoc, CFG_PS_DATA_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT);
 	timeouts->wmi_wq_watchdog_timeout =
 			cfg_get(psoc, CFG_WMI_WQ_WATCHDOG);
+	timeouts->sae_auth_failure_timeout =
+			cfg_get(psoc, CFG_SAE_AUTH_FAILURE_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 static void mlme_init_ht_cap_in_cfg(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_timeout.h b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_timeout.h
index cab06f33f3bc..91d39a391873 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_timeout.h
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/cfg_mlme_timeout.h
@@ -312,6 +312,27 @@
 		CFG_VALUE_OR_DEFAULT, \
 		"timeout period for wmi watchdog bite")
 
+/*
+ * <ini>
+ * sae_auth_failure_timeout - SAE Auth failure timeout value in msec
+ * @Min: 500
+ * @Max: 1000
+ * @Default: 1000
+ *
+ * This cfg is used to configure the SAE auth failure timeout.
+ *
+ * Usage: External
+ *
+ * </ini>
+ */
+#define CFG_SAE_AUTH_FAILURE_TIMEOUT CFG_INI_UINT( \
+		"sae_auth_failure_timeout", \
+		500, \
+		1000, \
+		1000, \
+		CFG_VALUE_OR_DEFAULT, \
+		"SAE auth failure timeout")
+
 #define CFG_TIMEOUT_ALL \
 	CFG(CFG_JOIN_FAILURE_TIMEOUT) \
 	CFG(CFG_AUTH_FAILURE_TIMEOUT) \
@@ -325,6 +346,7 @@
 	CFG(CFG_AP_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT) \
 	CFG(CFG_AP_LINK_MONITOR_TIMEOUT) \
 	CFG(CFG_WMI_WQ_WATCHDOG) \
-	CFG(CFG_PS_DATA_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT)
+	CFG(CFG_PS_DATA_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT)\
+	CFG(CFG_SAE_AUTH_FAILURE_TIMEOUT)
 
 #endif /* __CFG_MLME_TIMEOUT_H */
diff --git a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_public_struct.h b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_public_struct.h
index 71cb7266aa7d..f96673fd7b42 100644
--- a/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_public_struct.h
+++ b/components/mlme/dispatcher/inc/wlan_mlme_public_struct.h
@@ -2131,6 +2131,7 @@ struct wlan_mlme_power {
  * @ap_link_monitor_timeout: AP link monitor timeout value
  * @ps_data_inactivity_timeout: PS data inactivity timeout
  * @wmi_wq_watchdog_timeout: timeout period for wmi watchdog bite
+ * @sae_auth_failure_timeout: SAE authentication failure timeout
  */
 struct wlan_mlme_timeout {
 	uint32_t join_failure_timeout;
@@ -2146,6 +2147,7 @@ struct wlan_mlme_timeout {
 	uint32_t ap_link_monitor_timeout;
 	uint32_t ps_data_inactivity_timeout;
 	uint32_t wmi_wq_watchdog_timeout;
+	uint32_t sae_auth_failure_timeout;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_send_management_frames.c b/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_send_management_frames.c
index 05a79e447834..5ad4e594ae6f 100644
--- a/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_send_management_frames.c
+++ b/core/mac/src/pe/lim/lim_send_management_frames.c
@@ -5677,8 +5677,6 @@ error_delba:
 	return qdf_status;
 }
 
-#define WLAN_SAE_AUTH_TIMEOUT 1000
-
 /**
  * lim_tx_mgmt_frame() - Transmits Auth mgmt frame
  * @mac_ctx Pointer to Global MAC structure
@@ -5738,6 +5736,7 @@ lim_handle_sae_auth_retry(struct mac_context *mac_ctx, uint8_t vdev_id,
 	struct pe_session *session;
 	struct sae_auth_retry *sae_retry;
 	uint8_t retry_count = 0;
+	uint32_t val = 0;
 
 	session = pe_find_session_by_vdev_id(mac_ctx, vdev_id);
 	if (!session) {
@@ -5774,16 +5773,18 @@ lim_handle_sae_auth_retry(struct mac_context *mac_ctx, uint8_t vdev_id,
 		return;
 
 	pe_debug("SAE auth frame queued vdev_id %d seq_num %d",
-		 vdev_id, mac_ctx->mgmtSeqNum);
+		 vdev_id, mac_ctx->mgmtSeqNum + 1);
 	qdf_mem_copy(sae_retry->sae_auth.data, frame, frame_len);
 	mac_ctx->lim.lim_timers.g_lim_periodic_auth_retry_timer.sessionId =
 					session->peSessionId;
 	sae_retry->sae_auth.len = frame_len;
 	sae_retry->sae_auth_max_retry = retry_count;
 
+	val = mac_ctx->mlme_cfg->timeouts.sae_auth_failure_timeout;
+
 	tx_timer_change(
 		&mac_ctx->lim.lim_timers.g_lim_periodic_auth_retry_timer,
-		SYS_MS_TO_TICKS(WLAN_SAE_AUTH_TIMEOUT), 0);
+		SYS_MS_TO_TICKS(val), 0);
 	/* Activate Auth Retry timer */
 	if (tx_timer_activate(
 	    &mac_ctx->lim.lim_timers.g_lim_periodic_auth_retry_timer) !=