diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index a30d611bde1..5c7856d2d9a 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ menu "BLE 5.x Features"
         config BT_NIMBLE_EXT_SCAN
             bool "Enable extended scanning"
             depends on BT_NIMBLE_50_FEATURE_SUPPORT
-            default y
+            default y if BT_NIMBLE_EXT_ADV
             help
                 Enable this option to do extended scanning.