diff --git a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.c b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.c
index 40a979531..7e197f094 100644
--- a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.c
+++ b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ int wpa_ctrl_request(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd, size_t cmd_len,
 		     void (*msg_cb)(char *msg, size_t len))
 {
 	struct timeval tv;
-	struct os_reltime started_at;
+	struct os_reltime started_at, ending_at;
 	int res;
 	fd_set rfds;
 	const char *_cmd;
@@ -539,9 +539,19 @@ retry_send:
 	}
 	os_free(cmd_buf);
 
+	os_get_reltime(&ending_at);
+	ending_at.sec += 10;
+
 	for (;;) {
-		tv.tv_sec = 10;
-		tv.tv_usec = 0;
+		struct os_reltime diff;
+
+		os_get_reltime(&started_at);
+		if (os_reltime_before(&ending_at, &started_at))
+			return -2;
+		os_reltime_sub(&ending_at, &started_at, &diff);
+		tv.tv_sec = diff.sec;
+		tv.tv_usec = diff.usec;
+
 		FD_ZERO(&rfds);
 		FD_SET(ctrl->s, &rfds);
 		res = select(ctrl->s + 1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);