diff --git a/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c b/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
index 4cbe3f60b928..5618fc199f19 100644
--- a/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
+++ b/components/mlme/core/src/wlan_mlme_main.c
@@ -2123,9 +2123,9 @@ static void mlme_init_btm_cfg(struct wlan_objmgr_psoc *psoc,
 	if (btm->abridge_flag)
 		MLME_SET_BIT(btm->btm_offload_config, BTM_OFFLOAD_CONFIG_BIT_7);
 
-	btm->btm_solicited_timeout = cfg_default(CFG_BTM_SOLICITED_TIMEOUT);
-	btm->btm_max_attempt_cnt = cfg_default(CFG_BTM_MAX_ATTEMPT_CNT);
-	btm->btm_sticky_time = cfg_default(CFG_BTM_STICKY_TIME);
+	btm->btm_solicited_timeout = cfg_get(psoc, CFG_BTM_SOLICITED_TIMEOUT);
+	btm->btm_max_attempt_cnt = cfg_get(psoc, CFG_BTM_MAX_ATTEMPT_CNT);
+	btm->btm_sticky_time = cfg_get(psoc, CFG_BTM_STICKY_TIME);
 	btm->rct_validity_timer = cfg_get(psoc, CFG_BTM_VALIDITY_TIMER);
 	btm->disassoc_timer_threshold =
 			cfg_get(psoc, CFG_BTM_DISASSOC_TIMER_THRESHOLD);