diff --git a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
index 66a4555e03aa..c2a7c7f4acff 100644
--- a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
+++ b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2017-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ static uint32_t util_gen_new_ie(uint8_t *ie, uint32_t ielen,
 	 */
 	tmp_new = sub_copy;
 	while (((tmp_new + tmp_new[1] + MIN_IE_LEN) - sub_copy) <=
-	       subie_len) {
+	       (subie_len - 1)) {
 		if (!(tmp_new[0] == WLAN_ELEMID_NONTX_BSSID_CAP ||
 		      tmp_new[0] == WLAN_ELEMID_SSID ||
 		      tmp_new[0] == WLAN_ELEMID_MULTI_BSSID_IDX ||
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ static uint32_t util_gen_new_ie(uint8_t *ie, uint32_t ielen,
 			}
 		}
 		if (((tmp_new + tmp_new[1] + MIN_IE_LEN) - sub_copy) >=
-		    subie_len)
+		    (subie_len - 1))
 			break;
 		tmp_new += tmp_new[1] + MIN_IE_LEN;
 	}