};
 
 /* iwl_scan_channel_opt - CHANNEL_OPTIMIZATION_API_S
- * @flags: enum iwl_scan_channel_flgs
- * @non_ebs_ratio: how many regular scan iteration before EBS
+ * @flags: enum iwl_scan_channel_flags
+ * @non_ebs_ratio: defines the ratio of number of scan iterations where EBS is
+ *     involved.
+ *     1 - EBS is disabled.
+ *     2 - every second scan will be full scan(and so on).
  */
 struct iwl_scan_channel_opt {
        __le16 flags;
 
 
 #define IWL_PLCP_QUIET_THRESH 1
 #define IWL_ACTIVE_QUIET_TIME 10
+#define IWL_DENSE_EBS_SCAN_RATIO 5
+#define IWL_SPARSE_EBS_SCAN_RATIO 1
 
 struct iwl_mvm_scan_params {
        u32 max_out_time;
                        cpu_to_le16(IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_EBS |
                                    IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_EBS_ACCURATE |
                                    IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_CACHE_ADD);
+               cmd->channel_opt[0].non_ebs_ratio =
+                       cpu_to_le16(IWL_DENSE_EBS_SCAN_RATIO);
                cmd->channel_opt[1].flags =
                        cpu_to_le16(IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_EBS |
                                    IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_EBS_ACCURATE |
                                    IWL_SCAN_CHANNEL_FLAG_CACHE_ADD);
+               cmd->channel_opt[1].non_ebs_ratio =
+                       cpu_to_le16(IWL_SPARSE_EBS_SCAN_RATIO);
        }
 
        if (iwl_mvm_rrm_scan_needed(mvm))