diff --git a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 6072e3a..1163ce8 100644
--- a/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -4670,7 +4670,7 @@
      * immediatly after the driver gets connect request(i.e after scan)
      * from supplicant, this result in app's is suspending and not able
      * to process the connect request to AP */
-    hdd_allow_suspend_timeout(1000);
+    hdd_prevent_suspend_timeout(1000);
 
 #ifdef FEATURE_WLAN_TDLS
     wlan_hdd_tdls_scan_done_callback(pAdapter);
@@ -9267,6 +9267,7 @@
     pHddCtx->isSchedScanUpdatePending = FALSE;
     spin_unlock(&pHddCtx->schedScan_lock);
 
+
     status =  hdd_get_front_adapter ( pHddCtx, &pAdapterNode );
 
     while ( NULL != pAdapterNode && VOS_STATUS_SUCCESS == status )
@@ -9276,10 +9277,20 @@
              (WLAN_HDD_INFRA_STATION == pAdapter->device_mode) )
         {
             if (0 != wlan_hdd_cfg80211_update_bss(pHddCtx->wiphy, pAdapter))
+            {
                 VOS_TRACE(VOS_MODULE_ID_HDD, VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_WARN,
                       "%s: NO SCAN result", __func__);
+            }
             else
+            {
+                /* Acquire wakelock to handle the case where APP's tries to
+                 * suspend immediately after updating the scan results. Whis
+                 * results in app's is in suspended state and not able to
+                 * process the connect request to AP
+                 */
+                hdd_prevent_suspend_timeout(2000);
                 cfg80211_sched_scan_results(pHddCtx->wiphy);
+            }
 
             VOS_TRACE(VOS_MODULE_ID_HDD, VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_INFO,
                     "%s : cfg80211 scan result database updated", __func__);