diff --git a/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp b/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
index 78daa9e8218966..8c86730d8bddde 100644
--- a/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/AutoCommissioner.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR AutoCommissioner::SetCommissioningParameters(const CommissioningParam
     if (params.HasThreadOperationalDataset())
     {
         ByteSpan dataset = params.GetThreadOperationalDataset().Value();
-        if (dataset.size() > CommissioningParameters::kMaxCredentialsLen)
+        if (dataset.size() > CommissioningParameters::kMaxThreadDatasetLen)
         {
             return CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
         }