diff --git a/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c b/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
index dab5cb6a4c55..7bb67672c6c4 100644
--- a/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
+++ b/core/sme/src/csr/csr_api_scan.c
@@ -3701,7 +3701,8 @@ static void csr_scan_copy_request_valid_channels_only(tpAniSirGlobal mac_ctx,
 			if (((src_req->skipDfsChnlInP2pSearch ||
 				skip_dfs_chnl) && (CHANNEL_STATE_DFS ==
 				wlan_reg_get_channel_state(mac_ctx->pdev,
-				src_req->ChannelInfo.ChannelList[index])))) {
+				src_req->ChannelInfo.ChannelList[index]))) &&
+				(src_req->ChannelInfo.numOfChannels > 1)) {
 				sme_debug(
 					"reqType= %s (%d), numOfChannels=%d, ignoring DFS channel %d",
 					sme_request_type_to_string(