diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/config.h b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
index 9a13f5ff7..786b85ab8 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/config.h
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/config.h
@@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ struct wpa_config {
 	 *
 	 * By default, PMF is disabled unless enabled by the per-network
 	 * ieee80211w=1 or ieee80211w=2 parameter. pmf=1/2 can be used to change
-	 * this default behavior.
+	 * this default behavior for RSN network (this is not applicable for
+	 * non-RSN cases).
 	 */
 	enum mfp_options pmf;
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
index bf6dfff70..aa785bde5 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.c
@@ -5825,6 +5825,19 @@ int wpas_get_ssid_pmf(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s, struct wpa_ssid *ssid)
 			return NO_MGMT_FRAME_PROTECTION;
 		}
 
+		if (ssid &&
+		    (ssid->key_mgmt &
+		     ~(WPA_KEY_MGMT_NONE | WPA_KEY_MGMT_WPS |
+		       WPA_KEY_MGMT_IEEE8021X_NO_WPA)) == 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Do not use the default PMF value for non-RSN networks
+			 * since PMF is available only with RSN and pmf=2
+			 * configuration would otherwise prevent connections to
+			 * all open networks.
+			 */
+			return NO_MGMT_FRAME_PROTECTION;
+		}
+
 		return wpa_s->conf->pmf;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
index a385694e5..45bf51862 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
@@ -360,10 +360,12 @@ fast_reauth=1
 
 # Protected Management Frames default
 # This parameter can be used to set the default behavior for the ieee80211w
-# parameter. By default, PMF is disabled unless enabled with the global pmf=1/2
-# parameter or with the per-network ieee80211w=1/2 parameter. With pmf=1/2, PMF
-# is enabled/required by default, but can be disabled with the per-network
-# ieee80211w parameter.
+# parameter for RSN networks. By default, PMF is disabled unless enabled with
+# the global pmf=1/2 parameter or with the per-network ieee80211w=1/2 parameter.
+# With pmf=1/2, PMF is enabled/required by default, but can be disabled with the
+# per-network ieee80211w parameter. This global default value does not apply
+# for non-RSN networks (key_mgmt=NONE) since PMF is available only when using
+# RSN.
 #pmf=0
 
 # Enabled SAE finite cyclic groups in preference order