if (passive)
                scan_options |= WL1271_SCAN_OPT_PASSIVE;
 
-       if (WARN_ON(wlvif->role_id == WL12XX_INVALID_ROLE_ID ||
-                   wlvif->dev_role_id == WL12XX_INVALID_ROLE_ID)) {
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
-       if (test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_STA_ASSOCIATED, &wlvif->flags))
+       if (wlvif->bss_type == BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS ||
+           test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_STA_ASSOCIATED, &wlvif->flags))
                cmd->params.role_id = wlvif->role_id;
        else
                cmd->params.role_id = wlvif->dev_role_id;
 
+       if (WARN_ON(cmd->params.role_id == WL12XX_INVALID_ROLE_ID)) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
        cmd->params.scan_options = cpu_to_le16(scan_options);
 
        cmd->params.n_ch = wl1271_get_scan_channels(wl, wl->scan.req,