diff --git a/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy.cc b/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy.cc
index 29186e3d1..d44e59c7b 100644
--- a/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy.cc
+++ b/src/wifi/model/wifi-phy.cc
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ WifiPhy::SetEdThreshold (double threshold)
 double
 WifiPhy::GetEdThreshold (void) const
 {
-  return m_edThresholdW;
+  return WToDbm (m_edThresholdW);
 }
 
 void
@@ -3608,7 +3608,7 @@ void
 WifiPhy::StartRx (Ptr<Packet> packet, WifiTxVector txVector, MpduType mpdutype, double rxPowerW, Time rxDuration, Ptr<InterferenceHelper::Event> event)
 {
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this << packet << txVector << +mpdutype << rxPowerW << rxDuration);
-  if (rxPowerW > GetEdThreshold ()) //checked here, no need to check in the payload reception (current implementation assumes constant rx power over the packet duration)
+  if (rxPowerW > DbmToW (GetEdThreshold ())) //checked here, no need to check in the payload reception (current implementation assumes constant rx power over the packet duration)
     {
       AmpduTag ampduTag;
       WifiPreamble preamble = txVector.GetPreambleType ();
@@ -3673,7 +3673,7 @@ WifiPhy::StartRx (Ptr<Packet> packet, WifiTxVector txVector, MpduType mpdutype,
   else
     {
       NS_LOG_DEBUG ("drop packet because signal power too Small (" <<
-                    rxPowerW << "<" << GetEdThreshold () << ")");
+                    rxPowerW << "<" << DbmToW (GetEdThreshold ()) << ")");
       NotifyRxDrop (packet);
       m_plcpSuccess = false;
       MaybeCcaBusyDuration ();