diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
index d569acad8..a7e3bf28b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/sme.c
@@ -958,7 +958,8 @@ static void sme_handle_external_auth_start(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 	for (ssid = wpa_s->conf->ssid; ssid; ssid = ssid->next) {
 		if (!wpas_network_disabled(wpa_s, ssid) &&
 		    ssid_str_len == ssid->ssid_len &&
-		    os_memcmp(ssid_str, ssid->ssid, ssid_str_len) == 0)
+		    os_memcmp(ssid_str, ssid->ssid, ssid_str_len) == 0 &&
+		    (ssid->key_mgmt & WPA_KEY_MGMT_SAE))
 			break;
 	}
 	if (ssid)